Tham khảo tài liệu 'adc krone - guide - data center - designing an optimized data center', công nghệ thông tin, quản trị mạng phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | WHITE PAPER WHITE Designing an Optimized Data Center Designing an Optimized Data Center The data center is a key resource. Many organizations simply shut down when employees and customers are unable to access the servers, storage systems, and networking devices that reside there. Literally, millions of dollars can be lost in a single hour of down time for some businesses, such as large banks, airlines, package shippers, and online brokerages. Given these consequences, reliability is a key data center attribute. Another is flexibility. Tomorrow’s requirements may not be the same as today’s. Advances in technology, organizational restructuring, and even changes to the broader society may impose new demands. Designing and building a data center to meet these requirements is not a simple or insignificant task. Armed with information, however, the task may become more manageable. That is the purpose of this white paper. While far from a complete discussion on this complex subject, it offers insights into key data center design issues and points you to additional sources of information. Topics covered include: • Space and layout • Cable management • Power • Cooling Figure 1. Equipment and Cable Racks Designing an Optimized Data Center Space and Layout Layout Data center real estate is valuable, so designers need to In a well-designed data center, functional areas are laid ensure that there is a sufficient amount of it and that it is out in a way that ensures that wisely used. This will include: • Space can be reallocated easily to respond to changing • Ensuring that future growth is included in the requirements, particularly growth assessment of how much space the data center • Cable can be easily managed so that cable runs do not requires. The space initially needed may be inadequate exceed recommended distances and changes are not in the future. unnecessarily difficult • Ensuring that the layout includes ample areas of flexible white space, empty spaces within the .
