Kannegieter College provides the most relevant and real life Data Centre courses available in Europe. The courses are led by Barry Elliott or Matt Flowerday, the well-known experts on Data Centres. Using their practical experience derived from designing and auditing computer rooms and Data Centres this 3-day course focuses on the best practices in the specification, sizing and design of computer rooms and Data Centres and their power, cooling, communication, fire and security systems.
Who should take this course
Prerequisites
What will you learn
Course content
Who should take this course
IT managers and directors Data centre managers and directors Facilities managers Engineers and consultants involved in data centre specifications
Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites for the course but attendees should be familiar with general IT and engineering practices.
What will you learn
This comprehensive data centre design course covers everything from defining the best rack layout for your computer room to understanding the size of the UPS and generator required to provide back-up power. You will learn how cooling systems work, which cooling system is best for your facility and what capacity it needs to be. Data centre design and auditing is what our instructors do when they are not training. If you have a question they will have the answer.
Course content
Introduction to data centers:
What is a Data Centre?
Limiting factors on design
Technical Standards
What will it cost?
Ratings, Tiers and Classes for reliability
Data Centre Efficiency – PUE
Building a new data centre:
The steps in the process of building a new data centre
The role of the designer
Where most of the money goes
The importance of handover documentation and commissioning
IT systems:
The basic building blocks of the IT systems and their function
How changing technology affects design
Differences between Telecoms Equipment and IT (Data) Equipment
Principles for improving cooling efficiency of the IT equipment
Spaces and places:
Ideal locations
Engineered spaces needed for a data centre
Architectural requirements
Sizing the computer room from an IT requirement
Calculating floor strength
Room heights
Access and DDA requirements
Fire escapes and emergency lighting
Other facilities management issues
Raised access floors:
Calculating floor strength
Distributed and point loads
Standards
Correct sealing
Calculating floor heights
Zinc whisker contamination
Racks and computer room layouts:
Hot and cold aisle concept
7 and 8 tile pitch models
Server and communications racks
2 and 4 post designs
Air-conditioning:
Air conditioning and cooling principles
Laws of thermodynamics
Precision v comfort cooling
Available technologies
DX v central chiller options
Dry cooler
ASHRAE, TIA and CIBSE requirements
Low humidity problems
Ventilation and filtration requirements
New TUI Tier definitions of cooling
Energy saving techniques e.g. dry cooler, air economiser, water economiser
Solar thermal gain
How to calculate heat loads and aircon sizing
kW v tons v BTU of cooling
How much heat comes from IT equipment
Hot aisle/cold aisle options
Enclosed cold and hot aisles
Other rack cooling options
Side to side cooling for large Cisco switches
Water cooled racks
CO2 cooled racks
Spot cooling
Air flow calculations
Rating, Tiering, Class requirements
CFD analysis
Power:
EN50600/TIA942 & N, N+1 and 2N power models
EU Code of Conduct requirements
AC v DC
Power, kW and kVA
Power factor issues
Single v 3 phase distribution
Rating, Tier and Class 1-4 models
Calculate power needs: UPS and generator sizing
UPS options: Off-line, on line dual conversion, delta, transformerless, Battery and kinetic energy
systems
Emergency Power Off requirements
Power Distribution units
Earthing, grounding and bonding:
European, USA and world standards
EN 50310 and TIA 607
Grounding bars
Equipotential bonding
Signal reference grids
Fire systems:
Fire safety plans
Fire detection methods
Aspirating smoke detection (VESDA)
Integrating fire, BMS, HVAC and power systems
Fire suppression techniques
Inert gas v halocarbon techniques
Water mist and low oxygen (hypoxic) methods
Low risk fire cabling (US and European)
Security:
Security Standards
CCTV methods
Access control
Physical security measures;
IT cabeling systems:
Evolution of computers, LANs and cabling
International cabling standards
Definitions of Cat 3, Cat5, Cat6, Cat6A and Cat 7
Cabling Components
High Speed Networking
Defining screened and unscreened (shielded and unshielded) cables
