Designer Dresses
Designer Dresses, Inc., has several off-line stores around the state. The owners
have decided to establish an online presence to be able to allow anyone in
the country to order dresses. They have acquired services from a software development
firm to place their catalog online. They have rented a building in
the state of New York.
Requirements
Designer Dresses has engaged a data-center consultant to architect and build a
1,000-server data center that must have no downtime for network devices,
servers, or any facility services (such as power and air conditioning).
Solution
The data center was architected with raised floor. There were two redundant
HVAC units and subfloor plenum chilled-air distribution. Two separate power
feeds came from different utility companies. Two 50-kilowatt three-phase UPS
units with 30-minute batteries backed the grid power, which, in turn, were
backed by diesel generators.
Separate areas were allocated for different functions (such as NOC, loading
area, network room, and racks). All the devices in the data center were designed
for racks. However, a part of the data center had no racks and would be used for
future, nonrackable equipment.