This is the eBook version of the printed book.
Build the Best Data Center Facility for Your Business
A comprehensive guide to designing and operating reliable server environments
# Keep your data center cool, clean, scalable, and secure
# Learn the five principles of effective data center design
# Avoid the natural and man-made hazards that can jeopardize a data center site
# Learn how to lay out key infrastructure objects within the data center for greatest efficiency, from buffer zones to server rows
# Apply proven installation methods by studying sample illustrations of both overhead and under-floor systems
# Extract the best practices and design strategies for both in-room and standby electrical infrastructure
# Avoid accidental downtime, improve productivity, and ensure user safety
# Safeguard and streamline your network infrastructure with a well-organized physical hierarchy
# Understand the special challenges of retrofitting overburdened server environments
# Implement solutions from a wide array of sample illustrations and examples of essential data center signage
# Safeguard servers with operations standards for people working in or visiting the data center
# Download templates used by Cisco to design its data centers, customizable to square footage and geography
# Avoid excess construction costs by designing a data center that meets your needs today and for many years to come