subject: Datacenter and Mission Critical Facility Commissioning - An Overview [print this page] Datacenter and Mission Critical Facility Commissioning - An Overview
You just spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on developing a server room or millions of dollars creating a Tier III data center. Now, you are ready to start operations or are you? Do you know if your facility was built and is performing to specifications? Are you certain your mission-critical infrastructure was totally tested as an integrated system? Did you just perform "Start-up" or did you conduct a fully documented, comprehensive integrated systems test, simulating numerous run and failure modes? Contrary to well-known belief, facility design doesn't end where the builders take over. Instead, cutting edge systems need to be commissioned to provide proper efficiency and operational standards prior to their first day of operation.
A variety of components and systems power, cool and protect your mission-critical facility. It's the sum of these pieces that makes an integrated infrastructure. A deficiency in one component can compromise the operation and performance of the entire. critical infrastructure Solutions' Commissioning Services make sure that each and every component of the mission-critical infrastructure performs precisely as prescribed, individually and as an integrated program. We make certain that your data center and mission-critical facility's build-out matches the style intent.
All MEP systems should be tested before computer equipment enters the developing to assure operability. Load banks are used to simulate demand, and also the utility will be allowed to fail, requiring the elevation of back-up generators. Running the UPS system and batteries eliminates any unwanted surprises, while an integrated systems test evaluates the information center's mechanical and electrical systems simultaneously to measure overall impact on the facility when both single and several components fail at when. This testing will likely be completed in a controlled environment permitting you complete peace of mind.
An effective datacenter or mission-critical facility Commissioning Service must employ current industry standards. We validate and document that all facility's systems have been installed and are operating in accordance with style specifications, and that each piece of equipment, subsystem and program will function properly in the application for which it was intended.
The commissioning spans all the developmental stages of a critical facility, whether the facility is being built from the ground up or rebuilt as a renovation project. Throughout each and every stage of the process, validation is performed to assure that your design requirements are met or exceeded.
Facility commissioning is a crucially important step toward ensuring the success and operational longevity of a mission-critical installation.
Information Center Commissioning is a systematic process:
* Records the Facilities Designer Intent
* Documents the Design Team's Basis of Style
* Develops Facility Commissioning Specifications
* Validates the Effective Performance of Each and every Individual Mechanical and Electrical Component
* Validates the Overall Functional Performance of the Program as a Total System
