Overview
Creating a data center in your server room space
As businesses grow, so does the demand for computing power to support the requirements of the business. Soon the IT infrastructure expands and IT Managers need to provide for environments to house more that just a couple of servers. Provisioning for the management of cooling of server equipment, management of network infrastructure, security of data and hardware are just a few of the parameters that require IT Managers to rethink the server room setup. This is the time when organizations need to realize the imperative of setting up a high quality Data Center environment for the IT infrastructure.
The benefits of a data center (as compared to a plain server room) include:
- Precision heating and cooling parameters to enable server hardware to perform at peak levels
- Protection from dust
- Increased shelf-life and availability of IT equipment
- Proper power and backup for business continuity
- Security from unauthorized access
- Fire and safety provisions
IBM Scalable Modular Server Room - A whole new way of rapidly deploying a data center
The traditional design and build methodology can entail duration of several months to get the data center operation. IBM's SMSR is a pre-scoped, pre-designed and pre-fabricated solution that is shipped in a componentized form and requires less than a week to be made operational at the customer premises, thus bringing a paradigm shift in the way we look at data center design and build methodologies.
This is achieved through the use of standardized data centre modules and no dependence on raised floor. IBM helps you determine your data centre requirements, works with you to customize the data centre from the available SMSR designs and provides complete installation and testing services. IBM is the single point of contact and manages the project from beginning to end, providing a robust “turn-key” data centre. This helps you remain focused on your core business and reduces the need to reassign critical staff members to a project for which they may have limited experience.
Compliant to world standards for Energy Efficiency
IBM SMSR has been designed to be compliant to several major efficiency and operates at an Energy Efficiency Global Benchmark of “Good”. It is also compliant to:
- IBM Datacenter reliability level (2+)
- TIA-942
- Ashrae standard T9.9
- NFPA 75
- EMC standards
