IT Computer Room Health Check (ITCRHC)

Revealing what you are not seeing

In 2003 our Company was formed according to the Florida Business Corporation Act under the name of “Customer Support Services Inc.” From the beginning CSS was requested by Hewlett Packard Inc. to provide exclusive services to selected customers in Central America and Caribbean region.After 13 years of delivering outstanding services and 99% of customer satisfaction, CSS is now expanding and offering services to US and Latin America regions following the new vision and getting ready to celebrate our 15th anniversary.

Who can sponsor serviceso IT Managers

o Facility Managers

o Security Managers

o Operation Managers

o Customer Services Managers

o Commercial Managers

o CEOs

Eliminate incoherence

Take Risk control

Base LineImprove Uptime

Certifications:ESD: Re-certification complies with the ANSI/ESD S20.20 ESD control program guidelines as well as to JEDEC JESD625, IEC 61340-5, and IPC-610 standards. NEC: The National Electrical Code® Certificate

Regulations:

National Fire Protection Association- U.S.

National Electrical Code- U.S. NEC-electrical wiring design, to prevent fire in structures.(minimum design standards)

ASHRAE develops standards concerned with refrigeration processes and the design and maintenance of indoor environments

Underwriter’s Labs- U.S. U.L- equipment design, to prevent fire caused by equipment.

Occupational Safety Hazards Association-U.S.-OSHA- personnel safety in the workplace.

NEC: The National Electrical Code® Certificate

International Regulations:

VDE- Electrical Practices- Germany

CEC- Canadian Electrical Code

IEEE – United Kingdom

National Electric Code of Country

National Electrical code:

Article 90 Intro and Purpose

Article 100 Definitions

Article 110-26 Spaces About Electrical Equipment

Article 210 Branch Circuits

Article 210-7 Receptacles and Cord Connectors

Article 250 GROUNDING

Article 310 & 400 with associated tables- Ampacities

Article 645 Information Technology equipment

Scope of IT room Infrastructure AssessmentData must be collected and processed in order to provide the deliverables in a report, as well as floor plans showing equipment layout to scale. Our consultants will validate if the access and working spaces are efficient.

Part of their extensive assessment include the review of electrical distribution, quality of electrical power for harmonic distortion, overheating of neutrals, transformers and induction motors, deterioration or failure of power factor correction capacitors and pronounced magnetic fields near transformers and switchgear. We possess the most modern tools required to perform at maximum accuracy.Wiring distribution will be also checked using a variety of methods, such as currents measures, magnetic fields and static .

Scope of Thermal AssessmentCooling is the neuralgic concern in most Data Centers and offices, which is why checking temperature, humidity and airflow is so important. This service takes special care to collect temperature in different points within a Data Center. To do that we are using data loggers with an external temperature sensor.

IT room infrastructure service assessment

Basic:

IT room Ocular examination and floor plans diagram

Space revision

Raised floor check

Electrical Power analysis

Cooling (HVAC)

Airflow management

Contamination discover

Radio frequency interference (RFI) and electromagnetic interference (EMI)

Sound Levels

Channel one monitoring inout power communication rack S11, channel two CAT 6 caommunication cables, channel three console cables, channel

CH120 mA/div dc

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CH220 mA/div dc

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CH320 mA/div dc

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IT room infrastructure service assessment

Optional assessment areas:

Fire protection

Shutdown controls

Environmental monitoring systems

Power quality

Maintenance levels of data center support equipment

Thermal Concise Overview

Analysis of space, power, and cooling, to identify, determine and eliminate cooling issues

Airflow diagram

Under-floor and overhead airflow obstructions scanning

Equipment row orientation best practices

Additionally to Concise service:

Recommended for effective relocation of air conditioners if needed no limited to Placement and cooling potential of perforated airflow panels or grilles

recommendations

Thermal modeling will examine supply airflows only. We will model "what if" scenarios to determine alternative solutions to cooling issues that it is observed as part of the assessment.

Written report will be provided that will include observations, thermal modeling results, and recommendations for improvement.

Thermal Midway Overview

Thermal Exhaustive AssessmentAdditionally to Midway service:

The thermodynamics beneath a raised floor (if applicable), above the floor, and above the ceiling (if applicable) are included.

Static pressures, airflow distribution, and temperature gradients.

Monitoring of air conditioning performance.

Multiple cooling system (if applicable); e.g., redundant systems.

Power consumption and thermal load of individual equipment racks.

Dimensional Diagram of the entire data center.

Strongly suggested

•As a Base Line of your IT Computer Room environment parameters.•Let you know how efficiently you are using the environmental resources.•Knowledge about IT Computer Room risks.•Prevent downtimes applying Data Center best practices.•Be sure the environment is appropriate to receive new equipment.•Improve IT computer Room to a new Class Level.

Service Types

ITCRHC – ConciseIT room infrastructure assessment + Thermal concise overview.ITCRHC – MidwayIT room infrastructure assessment + Thermal midway revision.ITCRHC – ExhaustiveIT room infrastructure assessment + Thermal exhaustive assessment.

Services Description Consice Midway Exhaustive

Good Practices

Floor Plan Drawing ✅

Floor Plan Detailed Drawing ✅ ✅

Revision of labeling. ✅ ✅

Infrastructure management procedures ✅ ✅

Expose to danger Safety measures

Interviews with Managers and operational personnel. ✅ ✅ ✅

Discuss effects of electricity shock and prevention. ✅ ✅ ✅

Floor surfaces and table material check for potential ESD (electromagnetic Discharge)

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Safe operational work layouts. ✅ ✅ ✅

Power Treatment

Electrical Inspection to prevent injuries. ✅ ✅ ✅

Check conductor’s protection from physical damage. ✅ ✅ ✅

Circuit Protection review ✅ ✅

Detection of Harmonic Distortion, over and under voltages, transients.

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Brownouts, blackouts and dropouts. ✅

Check of Power factor. ✅

Services Description Consice Midway ExhaustiveHolistic Grounding

Discovering holistic earthlings. ✅

Check brief grounding system at equipment level. ✅

Check ground voltage Potential. ✅ ✅ ✅

Thermal Assessment

Collect temperature and humidity minimum 24 hours. ✅ ✅ ✅

Discover Airflow Obstructions. ✅

Sound and Vibration verification. ✅ ✅ ✅

Airflow diagram ✅ ✅ ✅

Under-floor and overhead airflow obstrutions scanning ✅ ✅

Impact of under-flow obstruction to airflow ✅

Thermal modeling supply airflow only ✅ ✅

Thermal modeling supply airflow and retur air flows ✅

Electromagnetic Interferences detection

Locate EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) Hotspots. ✅ ✅ ✅

Contamination and Corrosion

Check environment for metallic filaments presence. ✅ ✅ ✅

Report ✅ ✅ ✅

Adendum (Executive Report)

Adendum (Thermal Modeling, Rise Flow Scanning & Electrical Ex.Reports)

Thermal Modeling

Electrical

Rise Flow Scanning

Adendum (Air flow, Floor plan Diagrams Ex.Reports)

Air Flow Diagram Floor Plan Diagram

Cable labeling