NCOI IT Infrastructuur - H7 Datacenters
(Infrastructure Building Blocks and Concepts )
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Terms in this set (92)
- Power supply
- Cooling
What do datacenters - Fire prevention and detection
provide? - Equipment racks
- other facilities needed to host the installed
infrastructure components
What were early For large mainframe systems & peripheral systems
datacenters designed for like punch card readers and large tape units
- All end users were connected directly to the
mainframe leading to large cable bundles. With a
raised floor, the cables were installed in cable trays
why did early underneath
datacenters have a raised - In these days there were watercooling systems
floor? (computer floor) and the water pipes for this were in the raised floor
as well
Many datacenters still have raised floors
They had to be present in the computer room most
of the time because most equipment was installed
What were typical tasks there.
for operators in Typical tasks were:
datacenters/computer - Loading punch card decks
rooms in the early days? - Replacing paper in printers
- Switching tapes in tape units
- Collecting printed paper
, - Datacenters got equipped with standardized 19"
racks, installed in rows forming corridors between
them
- More flexible air cooling (instead of water cooling)
What changed in the
- Sophisticated fire prevention, detection and
datacenters when smaller
extinguishing systems were installed
midrange x86 based
- lights-out datacenters were introduced; almost all
systems emerged?
work on the servers could be done without
touching the physical equipment. During normal
operation, no people were needed inside the
datacenter
- Sub Equipment Room (SER)
What are the 4 typical - Main Equipment Room (MER)
datacenter categories? - Organization owned datacenter
- Multi-tenant datacenter
This is also known as a patch closet.
What is a Sub Equipment They contain patch panels for connections to wall
Room (SER)? outlets in offices and some small equipment like
network switches
It is a small datacenter in the organization's
What is a Main Equipment subsidiaries or buildings. Head IT location of the
Room (MER)? building, it connects all other equipment rooms
(backbone)
It is a datacenter that contains all central IT
What is an organization
equipment for the organization. A organization can
owned datacenter?
have multiple
It is a datacenter used by service providers that
What is a multi-tenant
provide services for multiple other organizations.
datacenter?
These datacenters are typically the largest
, 1) Environment
- enough space to expand in the future
- is location vulnerable to flooding?
- is it a hurricane prone area?
- what is the chance of an earthquake?
- what is the climate (ambient temp. not too high)
- is it close to possible external hazards? (fireworks
storage, waste dump, chemical plant)
- what is the crime rate?
- is it near an airport? (chance crashing airplanes)
- is it close to home or office of maintenance staff,
systems managers and external expertise?
- can it be reached easily in case of emergency?
- are hospitals, police and firefighters located in the
vincinity?
2) Visibility
- is location included in public maps?
- does the building have windows? (easy to break)
- are markings on the building showing that it
contains a datacenter?
3) Utilities
What should be
- is it possible to have 2 independent power and
considered when
internet providers?
choosing a location for a
- can cabling routes to the building be determined?
datacenter?
(possible to have double power and data
connections?)
- can cabling routes inside the building be
determined in a flexible way? (multiple paths to
patch panels/floors)
- is datacenter located in a shared building? what if
power must be shut down due to maintenance
performed by other users of the building?
- Is enough power available and reliable
powersupply?
- is cheap power available? (use wind or water
generated power)
- what is available bandwidth of external data
connections? dark fiber connections possible?
(Infrastructure Building Blocks and Concepts )
Save
Terms in this set (92)
- Power supply
- Cooling
What do datacenters - Fire prevention and detection
provide? - Equipment racks
- other facilities needed to host the installed
infrastructure components
What were early For large mainframe systems & peripheral systems
datacenters designed for like punch card readers and large tape units
- All end users were connected directly to the
mainframe leading to large cable bundles. With a
raised floor, the cables were installed in cable trays
why did early underneath
datacenters have a raised - In these days there were watercooling systems
floor? (computer floor) and the water pipes for this were in the raised floor
as well
Many datacenters still have raised floors
They had to be present in the computer room most
of the time because most equipment was installed
What were typical tasks there.
for operators in Typical tasks were:
datacenters/computer - Loading punch card decks
rooms in the early days? - Replacing paper in printers
- Switching tapes in tape units
- Collecting printed paper
, - Datacenters got equipped with standardized 19"
racks, installed in rows forming corridors between
them
- More flexible air cooling (instead of water cooling)
What changed in the
- Sophisticated fire prevention, detection and
datacenters when smaller
extinguishing systems were installed
midrange x86 based
- lights-out datacenters were introduced; almost all
systems emerged?
work on the servers could be done without
touching the physical equipment. During normal
operation, no people were needed inside the
datacenter
- Sub Equipment Room (SER)
What are the 4 typical - Main Equipment Room (MER)
datacenter categories? - Organization owned datacenter
- Multi-tenant datacenter
This is also known as a patch closet.
What is a Sub Equipment They contain patch panels for connections to wall
Room (SER)? outlets in offices and some small equipment like
network switches
It is a small datacenter in the organization's
What is a Main Equipment subsidiaries or buildings. Head IT location of the
Room (MER)? building, it connects all other equipment rooms
(backbone)
It is a datacenter that contains all central IT
What is an organization
equipment for the organization. A organization can
owned datacenter?
have multiple
It is a datacenter used by service providers that
What is a multi-tenant
provide services for multiple other organizations.
datacenter?
These datacenters are typically the largest
, 1) Environment
- enough space to expand in the future
- is location vulnerable to flooding?
- is it a hurricane prone area?
- what is the chance of an earthquake?
- what is the climate (ambient temp. not too high)
- is it close to possible external hazards? (fireworks
storage, waste dump, chemical plant)
- what is the crime rate?
- is it near an airport? (chance crashing airplanes)
- is it close to home or office of maintenance staff,
systems managers and external expertise?
- can it be reached easily in case of emergency?
- are hospitals, police and firefighters located in the
vincinity?
2) Visibility
- is location included in public maps?
- does the building have windows? (easy to break)
- are markings on the building showing that it
contains a datacenter?
3) Utilities
What should be
- is it possible to have 2 independent power and
considered when
internet providers?
choosing a location for a
- can cabling routes to the building be determined?
datacenter?
(possible to have double power and data
connections?)
- can cabling routes inside the building be
determined in a flexible way? (multiple paths to
patch panels/floors)
- is datacenter located in a shared building? what if
power must be shut down due to maintenance
performed by other users of the building?
- Is enough power available and reliable
powersupply?
- is cheap power available? (use wind or water
generated power)
- what is available bandwidth of external data
connections? dark fiber connections possible?
