Describe the specifications for the required power systems

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Data Centre Design Assessment

Part - Design and Planning

Provide an opportunity for you to demonstrate the competencies required to design a data centre to meet operational and efficiency goals.
• You are allowed to refer to your text books, notes and the Internet during the Assessment.
• The documentation and research work must be entirely your own.
• By commencing this assessment you confirm that you have read and agree to abide by the Academic Honesty Policy

Overview
You are required to prepare a Data Centre Design brief. The design must make provision for the first 10 years of the data center's life.

Scenario

Pacific Internet Solutions, a multinational ISP offers a range of cloud based solutions and services to customers. A surge in demand for these services in Australia has led Pacific Internet Solutions to commission the construction of an additional data centre in the region. You have been appointed to develop a design brief that will be used to define the high level requirements and provide high level specifications to architects, engineers, and other specialists.
Requirements

Pacific Internet Solutions have their head office and top level management in the USA and are familiar with US data centre standards and operations.
• The management team has decided that the new data centre must meet Tier II standards for uptime and availability and provide N+1 for power and cooling.
• All operational, technical, and administrative staff for the data centre shall be located at the data centre and space and facilities should be allocated for this. The staff numbers are 2 administrative staff, 3 operational staff, and 5 technical staff.
• It is envisaged that the data centre will house 10 IT pods, each pod will accommodate 22 racks. Each rack will house 2 x HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosures. Each HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure will house 16 HP ProLiant BL460c G7 servers. It is envisaged that the data centre will be operating at full capacity approximately 5 years after construction.
• The sites geographical location must be low risk for earthquake, flooding, tsunami, and volcanic activity. The location must provide access to water, power, and telecommunications services. The site must also provide the opportunity for free cooling.

Tasks

1. Plan for site selection. References - Student materials - site planning folder
1. List 2 possible sites in Australia.
2. Assess the risks of proposed sites.
3. Assess the availability of services and supporting facilities.
4. Describe the geographical, topological and environmental attributes, including hazards and climate.
5. Include a map of each site
6. List the advantages and disadvantages of each site.
7. Select the preferred site. Explain why you selected it.

2. Calculate the power requirements for the IT and network room equipment. References - APC White Paper 3 - Calculating Total Power Requirements

3. Calculate the cooling requirements and describe the specifications for the required cooling systems and equipment. References - APC White Paper 25 Calculating Total Cooling Requirements, Schneider Electric - Reference Design 33

4. Calculate the power requirements for the cooling system and other data centre equipment/services. References - APC White Paper 3 - Calculating Total Power Requirements, Schneider Electric - DataCenter Design-Tools, Schneider Electric - Reference Design 33

5. Describe the specifications for the required power systems and equipment. References - APC White Paper 3 - Calculating Total Power Requirements, Schneider Electric - DataCenter Design-Tools, Schneider Electric - Reference Design 33

6. Plan and design the space requirements and layout including critical and supporting spaces

7. Prepare a simple CAD drawing of the Data Centre that shows:
1. The Data Centre spaces
2. The location and layout of the IT, networking and telecommunications equipment
3. The location and layout of the power equipment
4. The location and layout of the cooling equipment

8. Calculate the PUE of the data centre when it is operating at maximum capacity based on the design specifications. References - The Green Grid - PUE, Schneider Electric - DataCenter Design-Tools, Schneider Electric - Reference Design 33

9. Calculate the PUE of the data centre for each of the years leading up to maximum capacity based on the following assumptions: References - The Green Grid - PUE, Schneider Electric - DataCenter Design-Tools, Schneider Electric - Reference Design 33
1. Power and cooling are designed for maximum capacity
2. In years 1 and 2 the data centre operates at 30% capacity
3. In year 3 the data centre operates at 60% capacity
4. In year 4 the data centre operates at 90% capacity

10. Calculate the projected carbon footprint of the datacentre over the first 5 years. Your calculation may be based on the average Australian emission per KWh. References - CO2EmissionsFromFuelCombustionHighlights2013 page 110, Schneider Electric - DataCenter Design-Tools, Schneider Electric - Reference Design 33

11. What strategy could you employ to improve the PUE in the years leading up to maximum capacity? References - APC White Paper 37 Avoiding Costs Oversizing, Schneider Electric - DataCenter Design-Tools, Schneider Electric - Reference Design 33

12. Assuming your recommended strategy has been implemented, recalculate the PUE of the data centre for each of the years leading up to maximum capacity based on the following assumptions: References - APC White Paper 37 Avoiding Costs Oversizing, Schneider Electric - DataCenter Design-Tools, Schneider Electric - Reference Design 33
1. Power and cooling are designed according to the strategy above
2. In years 1 and 2 the data centre operates at 30% capacity
3. In year 3 the data centre operates at 60% capacity
4. In year 4 the data centre operates at 90% capacity

13. Recalculate the projected carbon footprint of the datacentre over the first 5 years. Your calculation may be based on the average Australian emission per KWh

14. If you have a situation where some stakeholders want the data centre to build to full capacity and others want a staged implementation, what advice would you give? Describe the pros and cons of each option and present an argument to support your advice.

Attachment:- Design and Planning.rar

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