Duration

3 days

Course Description

Data centres are at the core of many organisations. Downtime of the data centre could lead to major losses to the business. This has led many organisations to build resilience at various levels such as at the data centre facilities infrastructure and at the ICT layer. However, following recommendations of various vendors, consultants and public domain information might result in under- or over-specication. Therefore it would be better to follow a commonly accepted standard as the basis for the design and built principles.

The ANSI/TIA-942 Standard species requirements and guidelines for the design and build of a data centre. It is intended for use by designers who need a comprehensive understanding of the data centre design encompassing Architecture, Mechanical, Electrical and Telecom requirements and guidelines, not always covered by other generic guidelines and so called “standards”.

Understanding the intent of the ANSI/TIA-942 standard is of fundamental importance, not only for the successful implementation of the data centre, but also for its sustainable operations. In this three-day course, the participant will learn how to design an ANSI/TIA-942 compliant data centre. It will provide a clear understanding of the requirements of the ANSI/TIA-942 Standard and possible implementation variations.

The course is well suited for all types of data centres, be it enterprise data centres or multi-tenant, third party data centres such as co-location, managed services and cloud service providers.

Audience

The primary audience for this course are professionals involved with designing, building, maintaining and operating mission critical data centres and those who wish to attend the CTIA® (Certied TIA-942 Internal Auditor) course.

Prerequisites

Participants must possess a valid data centre training certicate such as CDCP® or any other approved equivalent. Please submit a copy of your certicate for verication upon registration for the CTDC® course.

At Course Completion

After completing this course, you will be able to:

Learn to properly comprehend and apply the ANSI/TIA-942 Standard requirements and guidelines
Understand the proper intent of the Standard to avoid both over- and/or under investment
Align Tier level selection and infrastructure investments to the business requirements
Understand the criteria and requirements for a high availability data centre design and how to effectively establish the data centre from the perspective of the Standard
Understand how the ANSI/TIA-942 standard relates to various worldwide standards.

Course Outline

Introduction to Data Centre facilities

About the ANSI/TIA-942

Life of the Standard
Relation to other standards
Architectural
Electrical
Mechanical
Telecommunication
Areas under scope
High level Tier definitions
Redundancy options (N, N+1 etc.)
Fault tolerant
Concurrent maintainability
Compartmentalization
Example Tier-1
Example Tier-2
Example Tier-3
Example Tier-4

Data Centre Space Planning

Data Centre Topologies

Recommendations for Energy Eciency

Architectural

Site selection
Parking
Multi-tenant building
Building construction
Roofing
Floor loading
Raised flooring
Suspended/drop ceiling
Hanging load
Seismic

Fire Resistive Requirements

Vapor barrier

Building and Room Access

Security checkpoints
Entry lobby
Doors
Windows
Exit corridors
Shipping and receiving areas

Computer Room

Racks
Rack setup

Administrative Offices

Security Office

Operations Centre

Restroom and Break Room

UPS/Battery Rooms

Generator and Fuel Storage Area

Security

CCTV
Staffing
Bullet/ballistic proofing

Lighting

Safety

Signage

Electrical

Utility power
Substation
Feed requirements
Self-generation
HT/HV switch gear
Generator and fuel supply
LT/LV switch gear
ATS
Alternatives to ATS
UPS and batteries
PDU
STS
Grounding
Surge protection
EPO
Central power monitoring
Load Banks
Testing
Equipment maintenance
Preventive maintenance
Facility training programs

Mechanical

Environmental design
Temperature and humidity requirements as per
ASHRAE TC9.9
Pressure
Air ow
Fresh air intake
ACH/ventilation
Over pressurization
Contamination
Scrubbing
Radio sources
Vibration
Water inltration
Water cooled systems
Heat rejection
Chilled water system
Make up water
Air cooled systems
HVAC control systems
Plumbing
Fuel oil system
Plumbing
Pipe routing
Fire suppression
Water leak detection

Telecommunications

Recognized media
Cable routing and pathways
Connectors
Labelling & documentation
Addendum data centre fabrics

Exam

Sample questions
Self study (time permitted)
Exam: Certied TIA-942 Design Consultant

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