After completion of the course the participant will be able to:
- Understand the design life cycle of data centres and the stages involved
- Discuss the data centre requirements in a great level of detail
- Validate design plans, quotes and offers proposed by vendors/contractors
- Understand redundancy levels
- Understand the various building considerations
- Understand how to install a raised floor that meets requirements, avoiding misalignment, level differences, and leakage
- Understand how to read a Single Line Electrical Diagram
- Choose the correct UPS and parallel configuration
- Understand how to calculate battery banks.
- 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 fire suppression options
- Understand how to measure data centre energy efficiency and how to improve it