Data center assessment brings out specific technical feature or system. Or in broader sense, they encompass full array of critical and non-critical systems that support an IT enterprise. Assessment is required in response to some events, such as power or cooling shortfalls or system failures, or to some anticipated conditions such as new computing initiative or change in management.
How does a data center assessment help?
- Identify capacity shortfalls and gaps
- Provide clearer picture of a data center capacity, reliability, and vulnerabilities
- Important early step in developing a roadmap for future growth, upgrades and expansion
In general term, a data center assessment can be broken down into the following key areas of inquiries.
- Architectural or structural system assessment
- Mechanical system assessment
- Assessment of electrical systems
- Site building vulnerabilities assessment
- Assessment of communication infrastructure
- Assessment of IT capacity or growth planning
So, when it comes to hiring services of a professional independent data center assessment, you need to consider the one which covers all aspects of data center, ranging from Power and Electrical, Cooling and Mechanical, Civil and Architecture, Safety and Security, IT and Telecom, to all feasible components of legacy disciplines, such as ISO, TIA, ITIL, ASHRAE, LEED, CEN, CIBSE, ISAE, BICSI, BS, EN, NIST, IEEE, ETSI and much more. If you browse across, you will come to discover a data center site providing this service, with a range of over 2,000 criteria across the data center ecosystem.
What is the advantage of hiring independent data center assessment services? Independent data center assessment of data center infrastructure includes performing careful review of key criteria and elements such as location, construction, cooling infrastructure, power infrastructure, environmental control infrastructure, physical security, electromagnetic fields, IT and telecom infrastructure, structured cabling, maintenance policies, SOPs, personnel capabilities to swiftly identify critical problems, SOPs, and evaluate the existing status of the vital infrastructural and operational components of the data center. The final goal is intended from independent data center assessment by data center expert is to have a comprehensive and thorough data center assessment reports.
Data center assessment and audit by a data center expert utilizes cutting-edge assessment solution like Infinity Paradigm. They use it as the basis of its professional practices in order to save data center industry the best and develop a well-planned data center roadmap. Such an assessment offers a modular approach to the total assessment of the data center.
In order to serve the need of the business and defined around the applications that sustain and warrant business continuity, a data center is designed, built, and run. It develops a new vision and mature evaluation report for a data center, mentioning how it should be designed, what it should serve, and how it should be operated. Independent data center gives a new horizon for the data center owners, operators, end-users and professionals. This enables a data center setup achieving the highest level of reputation as a service provider.
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