Duration

5 days

Course Description

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 efficiency in mind. Fact is however that most data Centre’s do not meet the full availability, capacity, safety or efficiency 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 offers provided by vendors for correctness, eeffectiveness and efficiency. CDCS® is a must have certification for professional data Centre managers and Personnel. CDCS® is a pre-requisite for individuals wishing to achieve the CDCE® status.

Certified Data Centre Courses

There are three levels of certification for Mission Critical Site Facilities courses:-CDCE®: Certified Data Centre Expert-CDCS®: Certified Data Centre Specialist-CDCP®: Certified Data Centre Professional

For Data Centre Facility Operations, refer to our CDFOM®: Certified Data Centre Facilities Operations Manager course.

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® certificate in order to be able to register for the CDCS® class.

Delivery Structure

EPI courses are lectured by certified trainers. CDCS® is an instructor-led course that uses a combination of presentation lectures and question and answer sessions, to discuss attendees’ specific needs and issues experienced in their own environment. Attendees are able to tap on the trainer’s extensive experience to solve practical problems in their current environment, adding tremendous value.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, you will be able to:

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 offers 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 proofing, mitigation of seismic activity, fire ratings and thermal stability
Understand how to build up a raisedfloor meeting requirements to avoid misalignment, level differences 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 configuration; learn how to avoid classic mistakes when installing systems in parallel
Understand how to calculate battery banks enabling you to double check offered configurations 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 efficiency and how to improve it

Certification & Accreditation

Attendees who successfully pass the exam will receive the official ‘Certified Data Centre Specialist’ certificate. Certification is valid for a three years period after which the student needs to re-certify.

EXIN is a global, independent and not-for-profit examination provider. EXIN's mission is to improve the quality of the IT and Data Centre sectors, the proficiency of IT and Data Centre professionals and the IT users, by means of independent testing and certification. EXIN offers candidates the opportunity to take examinations at a time and place of their choice. Every day, EXIN examinations are taken in more than 125 countries on six continents, 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, property, and welfare of the public by setting and maintaining high standards for registering professional engineers, and by regulating and advancing the practice of professional engineering.

In the USA (United States of America), the course is accredited and administered by ICOR. ICOR is a not-for-profit education and credentialing organization that provides professional development, certification, thought-leadership, and the latest in research and industry trends in the area of organizational resilience.

Course Outline

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’ definitions
Tier level definitions, 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 proofing
Forced entry protection

Advanced Raised Floor & Suspended Ceiling

Raised floor installation guidelines to ensure contractors install a proper closed and leveled raised access floor
Choosing the right tiles and their locations
Seismic mitigating floor 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) definitions and what to use where
Earth Leakage devices (RCB/RCD/ELCB/GFCI/ALCI/RCBO), definitions 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
Generators;
Component make up
Choosing the required device
Calculate required fuel storage tank capacity
Paralleling of gen-sets
Regulatory requirements
UPS Systems;
Required specifications for UPS systems
How to read data sheets and select the correct UPS
Requirements for parallel configurations 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 filters 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; flywheel, re-useable cell etc.

Advanced Electro Magnetic Fields

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

Advanced Cooling

Environmental class definitions and thermal specifications
Equipment airflow and Delta-T definitions and limits
Planning for floor, rack and cooling equipment
CFM requirement calculations and conversions
Air-conditioner specifications and how to select the correct air-conditioner with the required capacity and flow
Techniques for optimization of air flow
Redundancy guidelines for air-conditioners avoiding classic misconceptions
Liquid cooling guidelines for data centres

Cooling Advanced Fire Protection

Fire triangle and elements to stop a fire
Detection systems in detail (VESDA, VIEW, Smoke sensors)
Considerations for installation of sensors
Difference 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, fluorinated 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 fire
Other requirements for gas systems (release times, hold times, pipe install requirements and other important factors
Requirements for the fire panel
Installation verification, what to check and how
New fire suppression techniques which prevents fires from igniting

Cable Management

In rack power and network cabling
Labeling based on TIA-606

Environmental Specifications

Acoustic noise regulations, specifications, effects and limits
Data centre contaminations and classifications
Measurements, standards and limits
Preventive measures and avoidance
Electro Static Discharge (ESD)

Data Centre Efficiency

Power efficiency 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

This is a version-specific reference outline. Confirm the current syllabus and delivery arrangements with EIEIO.

Certified Data Centre Specialist - CDCS