Book Description:
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