Course Code: dcis
Duration: 14 hours
Prerequisites:

Who Should Take This Course?

  • Data Center Professionals
  • Data Center Specialists
  • Data Center Experts
  • Data Center Technicians
  • Data Center Architects
  • Data Center Managers
  • Data Center Operators
  • Business Professionals
Overview:

What You Will Learn

  • Data center principles
  • Data center systems and components
  • Data center best practices, standards, and frameworks
  • Latest data center trends
  • Data center language, terminologies, and buzzwords
  • The Infinity Paradigm®
  • Review alternative technologies
  • Validate actual needs and critic service providers
Course Outline:

Day 1

Introduction to Data Centers

  • Data Center History
  • Data Center Definitions
  • The Data Center Beast
  • Data Center Downtime & Outage
  • Current Data Center Standards
  • Future of Data Center Standards

The Infinity Paradigm

  • Application Ecosystem (AE)℠
  • Core & Pyramid Models
  • The Organization
  • The 7 Abstraction Layers
  • Application Layer
  • Platform Layer
  • Compute Layer
  • ITI Layer
  • SFI Layer
  • Site Layer
  • Topology Layer
  • Application Delivery Model (ADM)
  • Application Delivery Infrastructure (ADI)
  • Data Center Node (DCN)
  • Logical Infrastructure
  • Physical Infrastructure

Grading Systems

  • Data Center Tiers & Classes
  • Data Center Grade Levels
  • AER, OER, EER, RER, SER
  • Efficacy Score Rating

Data Center Development

  • The 12-Phase Data Center Development Process

Site Civil & Architecture

  • Data Center Site Selection & Criteria
  • Data Center Site Proximity, Hazard & Risks
  • Data Center Topology
  • Data Center Structure
  • Data Center Construction

Data Center Spaces

  • Data Center Interior Fit-out
  • Data Center Space Relationships
  • Data Center Raised Floor System
  • Racks & Cabinets
  • Computer room requirements
  • Data Center Cabling Spaces ER, MDA, HDA, ZDA and EDA
  • Data Center Grounding & Bonding
  • Data Center Earthing
  • Batteries room
  • UPS room
  • Network Operations Center
  • Security rooms
  • Staging & Storage rooms
  • Data Center Support Areas

Redundancy

  • Redundancy Definition
  • Redundancy levels
  • Redundancy examples

Power Systems

  • Logical Electrical Flow
  • DC, AC, W, AV Rates and Concepts
  • Utility Service
  • High Voltage Systems
  • Switchgear
  • Transformers
  • Low Voltage Systems
  • Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Systems
  • UPS Configurations
  • Battery and Battery Types
  • Generators
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Power Distribution
  • ATS, STS
  • Power Cabling
  • Busbar Trunking System (BTS)
  • EPO
  • Grounding
  • Lightning Protection System

Alternative Power Sources

  • Solar Power
  • Wind Power
  • Fuel Cells
  • Renewable Energy farms

Electro Magnetic Fields

  • Electric Fields explained
  • Magnetic fields explained
  • EMF, EMI possible sources
  • Mitigation examples

Day 2

Mechanical Systems

  • Environmental Air
  • Cooling Capacity
  • Precision Cooling
  • Direct Expansion (DX) Systems
  • Non-DX Systems
  • Cooling Methodologies
  • Cold-Aisle / Hot- Aisle
  • CRAC/CRAH
  • Cooling Topologies
  • Open CRAC Systems
  • Aisle Containment (Cold & Hot)
  • In-Row Cooling
  • In-Rack Cooling
  • Cooling Towers
  • Chillers

Data Center Water Supply

  • Water Concepts
  • Water Sources
  • Water Storage
  • Water Treatment

Data Center Fire Protection

  • Fire Types and Classes
  • Smoke and Heat Detection
  • Aspiratory Detection and Sensing
  • Sprinkler Systems
  • Gas Suppression Systems & Agents (FM200, Novec, etc.)
  • Fire Prevention Technology

Data Center Structured cabling

  • Cabling Layout
  • Patching & Termination
  • Labeling
  • Intelligence

IT Infrastructure

  • System
  • Storage
  • Networks
  • Virtualization & Cloud
  • External Telecom Connectivity
  • High Availability Designs

Telecommunication

  • Definition
  • Parameters
  • Connection types
  • Metro Networks
  • High Availability Designs

Data Center Security

  • Definition
  • Physical Infrastructure Security
  • CCTV, Access Control, Security vestibules, etc..
  • Security Protocols & Procedures
  • IT Infrastructure Security

Data Center Efficiency

  • Identifying Cost of Energy
  • Power Usage
  • PUE, DCIE

Application & Hosting Models

  • Application considerations
  • Multi-tier Application delivery
  • Hosting Models

Monitoring & Management

  • General Concepts
  • Goals
  • Systems