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Continue reading...Data Center raised flooring
Looking to add some raised flooring to your data center? http://dcstands.com/ If you want to read about the great data center debate of raised vs slab flooring. https://switchon.eaton.com/plug/article/192/the-great-debate-raised-floor-vs-slab-data-ce https://blog.equinix.com/blog/2011/03/02/raised-floor-versus-slab-floor-the-debate-rages-on/ https://www.upsite.com/blog/slab-vs-raised-floor-3-things-consider/
Continue reading...What is an LOA for a cross-connect?
LOA’s (Letters of Authority/Authorization) are a mystery to many. We help many of our customers with LOA’s on a semi-regular basis. If you are here you are probably wanting to find out what an LOA is and how to properly fill one out. When you or a provider orders a cross-connect within a facility, such as a data-center, you have to generate an LOA that allows someone to run a cross-connect to your space from someplace else. This cross-connect could be fiber or copper. ...
Continue reading...Data Center Tiers
Tier 1 = Non-redundant capacity components. things such as power have single feeds. 99.671% Uptime no redundancy 28.8 Hours of downtime per year. Tier 2 = Tier 1 + Redundant capacity components. 99.749% Uptime Partial redundancy in power and cooling Experience 22 hours of downtime per year Tier 3 = Dual-powered equipment and feeds for power, cooling, and essential services. 99.982% uptime (Tier 3 uptime) No more than 1.6 hours of downtime per year N+1 fault tolerant providing at least 72-hour power outage protection...
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