Reference no: EM133091075

Data Centre Design Assessment

Part 1 - 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.

Part 2 - Project planning

Tasks
1. Produce a high level project plan for the design, implementation, commissioning of the data centre. References - Schneider Electric - Data Center Projects, Schneider Electric, Schneider Electric - Reference Design 33, Schneider Electric - Data Centre commissioning. The project plan should:
1. Show how you will integrate sustainability into the project
2. List all project tasks and timelines
3. Include resource requirements
4. Include a training plan detailing requirements - e.g. working with heritage sites or asbestos hazards
5. Include a budget
6. Include a commissioning audit document
7. Include work health and safety requirements
8. Include a gantt chart
2. Produce an annual preventive maintenance plan for the data centre. References - Schneider Electric - Preventive Maintenance Strategy, Schneider Electric - Reference Design 33
3. Make a list of high risk activities that could be associated with construction and working in a Data Centre.
4. How does your project plan ensure that someone is responsible for preparing a safe work method statement for the high risk project activities?
5. What types of safety measures would expect to see in a safe work method statement for the following risks:
• electrical safety
• materials handling
• physical hazards
• height
• lifting

Part 3 - Privacy Requirements

Overview
Now that Pacific Internet Solutions are operating in Australia it is necessary that their policies and procedures comply with Australian requirements. You have been tasked with reviewing and revising their Privacy Policy and Procedures to ensure that they comply with regulatory requirements. As with most organisations Pacific Internet Solutions currently do not adequately protect the privacy of identity information they collect and store on their customers and staff. At the present time Pacific Internet Solutions have a written privacy policy but that is all.
The Pacific Internet Solutions Privacy Policy is as follows:
"In all areas of our business we seek to protect the privacy of our customer's data. We will not:
• divulge any private data on our customers unless explicitly required to by law
• all private data will be treated in-confidence and stored in secure storage facilities when not in use
• all private data on our customers will be archived to secure facilities after three years of inactivity i.e. three years after the last trip booked through Pacific Internet Solutions
• credit card details will not be stored, only a card transaction identified(last four digits of the credit card) will be kept against a transaction."

Task
Review the above privacy policy and identify any shortcomings and prepare a Privacy Policy and Procedures Manual that adheres to the 13 privacy principles. The new manual must address any deficiencies that you have identified in the privacy policy outline above.
The Privacy Policy and Procedures Manual should include:
• Statements of Pacific Internet Solutions new policy in regard to protection of private data. A statement on each of the privacy principles in Australian privacy legislation is required. These policy statements must address both customer data and employee data since the information collected and the frequency of refresh (or deletion) will differ between the two data sets.
• A procedures statement as to how Pacific Internet Solutions will achieve adherence to the privacy principles. This translates the policy statements into activities required to achieve the policy.

Note that while there will typically be a policy statement for each privacy principle, a procedures statement may cover more than one principle. For instance an end-of-month processes might archive a subset of identity data (deleting sensitive data no longer needed) and purge archive data that has not been refreshed.

In preparing your document you should:
• refer to the privacy principles in the Federal law regarding protection of privacy data
• refer to technology such as website security mechanisms for protecting Pacific Internet Solutions client details while they are using on-line services
• make use of mechanisms such as secure file transfer technology (HTTPS, SSL etc.)
• use an information architecture approach whereby identities records consist of sensitive and non-sensitive pieces of data that can be treated differently in order to adhere to privacy legislation
• describe how privacy protection procedures will apply to back-ups and storage of files containing sensitive data
• use secure database management technology so that access to sensitive attributes in the data will be controlled with timely and accurate authentication of database administrators
• include direction on physical network layout that ensures, for instance, a workstation capable of accessing sensitive personal information is not placed in an open office environment in which the screen could be viewed by non-authorised persons.

Assessment - Part 4 - Ethics

Task
Write a code of conduct for Pacific Internet Solutions that will inform anyone working for Pacific Internet Solutions of the standard of behaviour expected. (You should consult the references provided) (To be submitted as a word processed document) References: ACS code of ethics, iinet code of conduct, NBN code of conduct.

Assessment - Part 5 - Copyright

Overview
One of your roles as the data centre operator is to oversee intellectual property and copyright compliance.
Task
Write a copyright policy for Pacific Internet Solutions that describes how Pacific Internet Solutions views and deals with these issues. (You should consult the references provided) (To be submitted as a word processed document) References: Short Guide to copyright, Roadshow Films Pty Ltd &Ors v iiNet Limited, useful links.

Attachment:- Data Centre Design Assessment.rar