CDCS

Introduction

With few exceptions, enterprises today rely on IT for the delivery of business-critical services - often directly to the end consumer. It is therefore vital that the mission critical data centre is designed, maintained and operated with hi-availability and e ciency in mind. Fact is however that most data centre’s do not meet the full availability, capacity, safety or e ciency requirements often demanded.

CDCS® will further increase attendees to a level being a compatible sparring partner with suppliers and they will be able to verify o ers provided by vendors for correct￾ness, e ectiveness and e ciency. CDCS® is a must have certi cation for professional data centre managers and personnel. CDCS® is a pre-requisite for individuals wish￾ing to achieve the CDCE® status.

Roadmap

Audience

The primary audience for this course is an IT, facilities or

Data Centre Operations professional working in and around the data centre and having the responsibility to achieve and improve hi-availability and manageability of the Data Centre.

Prerequisites

Participants must hold a valid CDCP® certi cate in order to be able to register for the CDCS® class.

Global Accreditation

Understand the design life cycle of data centres and the stages involved

Discuss in great level of detail requirements with vendors, suppliers and contractors to ensure they meet the customers’ requirement

Verify on the technical level design plans, quotes and o ers proposed by vendors/contractors

Understand Tier-levels for both the data centre design/setup as well as maintenance tier levels

Understand the various building considerations such as bullet proo ng, mitigation of seismic activity, re ratings and thermal stability

Understand how to build up a raised oor meeting requirements to avoid misalignment, level di erences and leakage

Understand how to read a Single Line Electrical Diagram being able to identify the most common design issues made

Choose the correct UPS and parallel con guration, learn how to avoid classic mistakes when installing systems in parallel

Understand how to calculate battery banks enabling you to double check o ered con gurations to ensure it meets the customers’ requirements

Understand what distance to keep to avoid EMF issues for human safety and equipment disturbances

Understand the fundamental cooling setup, CFM, Delta-T and other important factors

Understand contamination factors and limitations

Understand full details of re suppression options, how to calculate gas content and verify installations

Understand how to measure data centre energy e ciency and how to improve it

Course Bene ts

After completion of the course the attendee will be able to:

Certi ed Data Centre Expert

Certi ed

Data

Centre

Facilities

Operations

Manager

Certi ed Data CentreSpecialist

Certi ed Data Centre Professional

Course Syllabus

Data Centre Design / Life Cycle Overview

Overview of the phases of a data centre life cycle

Planning, re-alignment and continuous improvement

Tier Levels

History of ‘tier level’ de nitions

Tier level de nitions, categories and measure points

Redundancy options

Tiered Infrastructure Maintenance Standards (TIMS)

Building Considerations & Standards

Floor loading requirements

Fire rating for walls and glass

Blast protection

Bullet proo ng

Forced entry protection

Advanced Raised Floor & Suspended Ceiling

Raised oor installation guidelines to ensure contractors install a proper closed and levelled raised access oor

Choosing the right tiles and their locations

Seismic mitigating oor constructions

Choosing the correct suspended ceiling

Advanced Power

Power infrastructure layout;

Formulas which you should know for the data centre

Single Line Electrical diagrams; how to read to ensure key components are present for protection

Over current protection devices (MCB/MCCB/VCB/ACB/Fuses) de nitions and what to use where

Earth Leakage devices (RCB/RCD/ELCB/GFCI/ALCI/RCBO), de nitions and what to use where

Lightning strikes and surge protection devices (TVSS/

SPD), how they operate, where to use and how to install

Power cabling and cable run considerations

PDU/DB setup and minimum requirements

Generators;

Component make up

Choosing the required device

Calculate required fuel storage tank capacity

Paralleling of gen-sets

Regulatory requirements

UPS Systems;

Required speci cations for UPS systems

How to read data sheets and select the correct UPS

Requirements for parallel con gurations and avoid pitfalls such as single point of failures

How parallel installation should be done, classic mistakes made by installers and how to avoid these

Harmonic Filters;

Type of lters available and which one to select depending on the application

Battery Banks;

Designing battery banks, how to calculate, and double check the battery bank to be installed

Battery charging pitfalls and ensuring the right charger is being installed and used

Using parallel battery banks; how to properly install them, limitations and risk when using batteries in parallel

How to test batteries correctly and make decisions on cell/block or string replacement

Battery casing choices; ABS, V0, V1, V2

Alternative energy storage; ywheel, re-useable cell etc.

Advanced Electro Magnetic Fields

Di erences between single, three phase and bus-bar EMF

Options available to measure EMF and how to interpret the results from single axe and composite measurements

Guidance on safe distance for equipment and humans

Calculation of EMF attenuation factor for shielding material permeability and saturation factors

Advanced Cooling

Environmental class de nitions and thermal speci cations

Equipment air ow and Delta-T de nitions and limits

Planning for oor, rack and cooling equipment

CFM requirement calculations and conversions

Air-conditioner speci cations and how to select the correct air-conditioner with the required capacity and ow

Techniques for optimization of air ow

Redundancy guidelines for air-conditioners avoiding classic misconceptions

Liquid cooling guidelines for data centres

Advanced Fire Protection

Fire triangle and elements to stop a re

Detection systems in detail (VESDA, VIEW, Smoke sensors)

Considerations for installation of sensors

Di erence in water based systems i.e. dry-pipe, pre-action and why most of them don't work and how to detect this

Details on Inert, Halocarbon, uorinated systems and how to select the correct gas for your data centre

How to calculate the gas content ensuring the appropriate level is installed to suppress the re

Other requirements for gas systems (release times, hold times, pipe install requirements and other important factors

Requirements for the re panel

Installation veri cation, what to check and how

New re suppression techniques which prevents res from igniting

Cable Management

In rack power and network cabling

Labelling based on TIA-606

Environmental Speci cations

Acoustic noise regulations, speci cations, e ects and limits

Data centre contaminations and classi cations

Measurements, standards and limits

Preventive measures and avoidance

Electro Static Discharge (ESD)

Data Centre E ciency

Power e ciency indicators

How to measure it and what are acceptable numbers compared to the general industry

How to achieve power savings in the data centre; various techniques to save energy in all parts of the data centre i.e. application/system level, cooling, power distribution

Mock Exam

EXAM: Certi ed Data Centre Specialist

Delivery structure

EPI courses are lectured by certi ed trainers. CDCS® is an instructor-led course that uses a combination of presen￾tation lectures and question and answer sessions, to discuss attendees’ speci c needs and issues experienced in their own environment. Attendees are able to tap into the trainer’s extensive experience to enable them to solve practical problems in their current environment, thus adding tremendous value.

Examination

Certi cation exam papers can be taken in paper based format at the end of the last day of the course, or online via an authorised training partner, depending on the country in which the course is delivered. The exam is a one and a half hour, 60 questions, multiple choice and closed book exam. The attendee needs to have 45 out of

60 questions correct in order to pass the exam. Results of the exam will be communicated to the attendee within four weeks following the examination.

Certi cation

Attendees who successfully pass the exam will receive the o cial ‘Certi ed Data Centre Specialist’ certi cate.

Certi cation is valid for a three years period after which the student needs to re-certify. More information on re-certi cation and veri cation of the current status of certi cation can be found on the EPI corporate website,

Global Accreditation

EXIN, is a global, independent and not-for-pro t exami￾nation provider. EXIN's mission is to improve the quality of the IT and Data Centre sectors, the pro ciency of IT and Data Centre professionals and the IT users, by means of independent testing and certi cation. EXIN o ers candidates the opportunity to take examinations at a time and place of their choice. Every day, EXIN examina￾tions are taken in more than 125 countries on six conti￾nents, and in more than 15 languages.

The Professional Engineers Board Singapore (PEB) is a statutory board in the Ministry of National Development.

PEB was established since 1971 under the Professional

Engineers Act. PEB’s Mission is to safeguard life, prop￾erty, and welfare of the public by setting and maintain￾ing high standards for registering professional engi￾neers, and by regulating and advancing the practice of professional engineering.

ICOR is a not-for-pro t education and credentialing organization that provides professional development, certi cation, thought-leadership, and the latest in research and industry trends in the area of organiza￾tional resilience.

Recommended next course

Candidates with a desire to become a Data Centre expert are recommended to take the CDCE® course. CDCE® prepares participants to run a project required to scope, plan, design, implement, and retire or move a mission critical Data Centre up to ‘Tier Level 4’. CDCE® builds upon knowledge gained in CDCP® and CDCS® courses.

Participants who pass the exam will join the industries’ elite Data Centre project design experts. Participants must possess a valid CDCS® certi cate for admission to the CDCE® course. Candidates who desire to gain a deep understanding on risk management are recommended to take the CDRM® course. CDRM® focuses on the core processes of managing risk in the data centre and/or IT and is based on the leading standards in the industry. For

Course scheduling

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The Company

EPI Singapore is a British origin company operating world-wide via direct operations and a large partner network. EPI’s focus is on mission critical, hi-availability, environments. We have gained an international reputation as a company o ering an exten￾sive range of data center infrastructure services including consultancy, audit, certi cation and training. We have developed an international reputation for high quality technical expertise, exibility, innovative techniques, personal service, and a powerful combination of capabilities and technologies.

All our services are aimed at helping our customers to:

Increase Availability of their mission critical infrastructure

Improve E ciency, E ectiveness and Manageability

Minimize risk of business interruption

All our clients have one thing in common – the need to protect their valuable data, run their mission critical infrastructure e ciently and be protected on a 24 x 7 basis. In protecting its customers, EPI is committed to an intensive program of comprehensive services development backed by engineering and support excellence.

Quality Systems and Procedures have been carefully created and adapted at every stage to ensure consistent and high quality services. We are known for our thoroughness, exibility and responsiveness of our project management. We work hard to provide unique solutions that t each organization and project, with an ethos to deliver quality on time, every time.

Let us put our expertise to work for you!

Data Centre Services

Consultation

• - Data Centre Design Validation
• - Data Centre Design Evaluation
• - Data Centre Review / Independent Second Opinion

Audit and Certi cation

• - ANSI/TIA-942
• - SS507
• - ISO/IEC-24762
• - ISO/IEC-27001
• - ISO/IEC-20000

Survey and Assessment

• - Power Quality
• - Cooling
• - EMF
• - Thermo Scanning
• - Physical Security
• - Customized Surveys

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