Data Center Handbook: Plan, Design, Build, and Operations of a Smart Data Center, 2nd Edition

English | 2021 | ISBN: 978-1119597506 | 753 Pages | PDF | 51 MB

DATA CENTER HANDBOOK

Written by 59 experts and reviewed by a seasoned technical advisory board, the Data Center Handbook is a thoroughly revised, one-stop resource that clearly explains the fundamentals, advanced technologies, and best practices used in planning, designing, building and operating a mission-critical, energy-efficient, sustainable data center. This handbook, in its second edition, covers anatomy, ecosystem and taxonomy of data centers that enable the Internet of Things and artificial intelligent ecosystems and encompass the following:

SECTION 1: DATA CENTER OVERVIEW AND STRATEGIC PLANNING

Megatrends, the IoT, artificial intelligence, 5G network, cloud and edge computing
Strategic planning forces, location plan, and capacity planning
Green design & construction guidelines and best practices
Energy demand, conservation, and sustainability strategies
Data center financial analysis & risk management

SECTION 2: DATA CENTER TECHNOLOGIES

Software-defined environment
Computing, storage, network resource management
Wireless sensor networks in data centers
ASHRAE data center guidelines
Data center telecommunication cabling, BICSI and TIA 942
Rack-level and server-level cooling
Corrosion and contamination control
Energy saving technologies and server design
Microgrid and data centers

SECTION 3: DATA CENTER DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

Data center site selection
Architecture design: rack floor plan and facility layout
Mechanical design and cooling technologies
Electrical design and UPS
Fire protection
Structural design
Reliability engineering
Computational fluid dynamics
Project management

SECTION 4: DATA CENTER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGIES

Benchmarking metrics and assessment
Data center infrastructure management
Data center air management
Disaster recovery and business continuity management

The Data Center Handbook: Plan, Design, Build, and Operations of a Smart Data Center belongs on the bookshelves of any professionals who work in, with, or around a data center.