Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP)

Duration

2 Days

This course is intended for

The primary audience for this course is any IT, facilities or data centre professional who works in and around the data centre and who has the responsibility to achieve and improve the availability and manageability of the data centre.

Overview

After completion of the course the participant will be able to:• Choose an optimum site for mission-critical data centre based on current and future needs• Describe all components that are important for high availability in a data centre and how to effectively setup the data centre• Name and apply the various industry standards• Describe the various technologies for UPS, fire suppression, cooling, monitoring systems, cabling standards, etc, and to select and apply them effectively to cost-efficiently enhance the high-availability of the data centre.• Review the electrical distribution system to avoid costly downtime• Enhance cooling capabilities and efficiency in the data centre by using existing and new techniques and technologies for the increased cooling requirements of the future• Design a highly reliable and scalable network architecture and learn how to ensure installers apply proper testing techniques• Create effective maintenance contracts with equipment suppliers ensuring the best return on investment• Setup effective data centre monitoring ensuring the right people get the right message• Ensure proper security measures, both procedural and technical, are established to safeguard your company's valuable information in the data centre

Description

The course will address how to setup and improve key aspects such as power, cooling, security, cabling, safety, etc., to ensure a high available data centre. It will also address key operations and maintenance aspects.

The Data Centre, it’s Importance and Causes for Downtime

Data Centre Standards and Best Practices

Data Centre Location, Building and Construction

Selecting appropriate sites and buildings and how to avoid pitfalls
Various components of an effective data centre and supporting facilities setup

Raised Floor/Suspended Ceiling

Uniform, concentrated and rolling load definitions
Applicable standards
Raised Floor guidelines
Signal Reference Grid, grounding of racks
Disability act and regulations
Suspended ceiling usage and requirements

Light

Standards
Light fixture types and placement
Emergency lighting, Emergency Power Supply (EPS)

Power Infrastructure

Power infrastructure layout from generation to rack level
ATS and STS systems
Redundancy levels and techniques
Three-phase and single-phase usage
Power distribution options within the computer room
Power cabling versus bus bar trunking
Bonding versus grounding
Common Mode Noise and isolation transformers
Distribution boards, form factors and IP-protection grades
Power quality guidelines
Real power versus apparent power
How to size and calculate load in the data centre Generators
Static and dynamic UPS systems, selection criteria, how they operate and energy efficiency option
Battery types, correct selection and testing
Thermo-graphics

Electro Magnetic Fields

Electrical fields and magnetic fields definitions and units of measurements
Sources of EMF
Effects of EMF on human health and equipment
(H)EMP
Standards
EMF shielding solutions

Equipment Racks

Rack standards, properties and selection criteria
Security considerations
Power rail/strip options

Cooling Infrastructure

Temperature and humidity recommendations
Cooling measurement units and conversion rates
Sensible and latent heat definitions
Differences between comfort and precision cooling
Overview of different air conditioner technologies
Raised floor versus non-raised floor cooling
Placement of air conditioner units and limitations to be observed
Supplemental cooling options
Cold aisle/hot aisle containment

Water Supply

Importance of water supply and application areas
Backup water supply techniques

Designing a Scalable Network Infrastructure

The importance of a Structured Cabling System
Planning considerations
Copper and Fiber cable technology and standards
ANSI/TIA-942 Cabling hierarchy and recommendations
Testing and verification
SAN storage cabling
Network redundancy
Building-to-building connectivity
Network monitoring system requirements

Fire Suppression

Standards for fire suppression
Detection systems
Various total flooding fire suppression techniques and systems, their benefits and disadvantages
Handheld extinguishers
Signage and safety
Regulatory requirements and best practices

Data Centre Monitoring

Data centre monitoring requirements
EMS versus BMS
Water leak detection systems
Notification options and considerations

Operational Security and Safety Practices

Data centre security layers
Physical, infrastructure and organisational security
Safety measures and essential signage

Labelling

Choosing a labelling scheme
Recommended labelling practices
Network labelling

Documentation

How to setup proper documentation
Document management policies and procedures

Cleaning

Cleaning practices for the data centre

MTBF/MTTR

Standards and definitions
Calculation models
The ‘real’ value

Maintenance Contracts/SLA/OLA

EXAM: Certified Data Centre Professional

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Excellent interaction and answered all of my questions. Looking forward to being able to apply some of the tips and features learned today which hopefully should have real impact on some of the more time consuming tasks currently encountered.

Dublin student

This is the 3rd course I have done with Arun. He is very helpful and always supportive if I have other questions outside the lecture parameters. I have already recommended him and Nexus Human to work colleges and would do so again after this course.

Philip

Dublin classroom student

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Vistra Ireland

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Pfizer

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Wonderful teacher
Course presented extremely well indeed

Nexus Human Ireland Student feedback

This was my 2nd course with Nexus Human and I enjoy the format of the courses.
This was very well-run, the instructor was superb and i will get a lot of benefit from having access for the next 6 months, I look forward to the next course.

Cathal

Kerry, Ireland

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Paul

ITC Group
Dublin

The instructor was excellent. Was willing to field any questions we had and deal with our specific queries.

Excel student

The class just finished and I just wanted to mention to you that it was absolutely amazing. The quality of the training had very high standards, the trainer explained amazingly well and we actually practiced (did) all the steps. It was not learning by watching a presentation but by actually doing. The training has been delivered from Atlanta (US) and I cannot wait to go tomorrow in the office and recommend it. The connection and the lab environment were running perfectly.
Once again thank you very much and looking forward for the next trainings scheduled. Enrolling via Nexus Human Dublin was the perfect choice.

Cristina, Online Live student

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Nexus Human Ireland student

Sharon was lovely and has a fantastic knowledge. Honestly I didn't think I needed part 1 but I am SO glad I came. Thank you. Will be back in for part 2.

Dublin student

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