Figures

FIGURE 1-1 Simple, Clean, Modular Data Center Equipment Room

FIGURE 2-1 Availability Profile of the Chekhovian Bank Data Center

FIGURE 3-1 Large Scale Design Drawings from the General Contractor or the Project Management Company

FIGURE 3-2 Proper Aisle Space and Non-Continuous Rows

FIGURE 3-3 Cipher Lock (Left) and Card Reader (Right) at Restricted Access Doorways

FIGURE 4-1 Using Square Footage to Determine Cooling Needs

FIGURE 4-2RLU Criteria

FIGURE 4-3 Possible Cooling Dimensions (Within Dotted Lines) of Different Racks

FIGURE 5-1 Data Center Before the Walls, Raised Floor, and Equipment Are Installed

FIGURE 6-1 A Floor Grid System With Pedestals, Stringers, and Tiles

FIGURE 6-2 Perforated Cast Aluminum Floor Tile Set Into the Support Grid

FIGURE 6-3 Blueprint Plan of a Raised Floor

FIGURE 6-4 Different Layout Plans for Wireways

FIGURE 6-5 Neatly Routed Cables (No Spaghetti)

FIGURE 6-6 Reduction of Pressure With Distance

FIGURE 6-7 Suggested Perforated Tile Placement

FIGURE 7-1 Control Panel and Digital Display of a UPS System

FIGURE 7-2 Breaker Panel

FIGURE 7-3 Blueprint Plan of a Signal Reference Grid

FIGURE 7-4 Emergency Power Disconnect and Manual Fire Alarm Pull Station

FIGURE 7-5 Disorganized Cabling Under Floor Tiles

FIGURE 7-6 Blueprint Plan of a Standard Electrical Wireway and Outlets Under the Raised Floor

FIGURE 7-7 Blueprint Plan of a Power Distribution Unit

FIGURE 8-1HVAC Unit

FIGURE 8-2 Upward vs. Downward Air Flow Patterns

FIGURE 8-3 Placement of HVAC Units Outside the Data Center Room

FIGURE 8-4HVAC Control Panel and Digital Display

FIGURE 8-5 Cooling Towers Waiting to be Connected to an HVAC System

FIGURE 8-6 Cooling Short Cycle Air Flow Patterns

FIGURE 8-7 Suggested Front-to-Front Hardware Configuration

FIGURE 8-8 Alternate Front-to-Back Hardware Configuration

FIGURE 8-9 Cycling Warm Air Through a Return Plenum in the Ceiling

FIGURE 9-1 Hierarchy of Network Devices

FIGURE 9-2 Cross-Patch Ports

FIGURE 9-3 Network Cable Connectors

FIGURE 9-4 Spaghetti on the Floor

FIGURE 9-5 Labeling on a Patch Panel

FIGURE 10-1 Loading Docks With a Large Area in Which Trucks Can Easily Maneuver

FIGURE 10-2 Outdoor Storage Sheds

FIGURE 11-1 Fire Extinguisher With a Highly Visible Sign

FIGURE 11-2 Trap Between the Data Center and Outside Area

FIGURE 12-1 Unnecessary Items Stored in the Data Center

FIGURE 12-2 Particulate Matter and Junk on the Floor

FIGURE 12-3 Unfilled Void Between Data Center Room and Subfloor Plenum

FIGURE 12-4HVAC Filters