UNCOVERING THE LAYERS
and fault tolerance of installed systems across a range of conditions reduces the likelihood of power outages or failures
TO BE TRULY EFFECTIVE , THE COMMISSIONING EXERCISE SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN FROM THE VERY ONSET I . E . DURING DATA CENTRE DESIGN . during the actual operational phase of the data centre .
Seamless handover
Oftentimes , when a data centre is physically complete , the design team , contractors and commissioning professionals disperse , taking with them the knowledge of the facility and systems accumulated up to that point . To realise the long-term benefits of commissioning , it is important to ensure that mechanisms are in place to transfer that knowledge .
These include comprehensive Operation and Maintenance ( O & M ) manuals and an effective training regime to allow data centre administrators and facility operators to take effective control of the facility at handover . To successfully conclude a data centre commissioning undertaking , it is important that handover documentation is reviewed by the commissioning team to ensure correct information and documentation is provided to the facility management team as this then empowers them to correctly maintain and operate the data centre .
Any operator planning to construct a data centre should ensure commissioning is included . The median cost of commissioning in a study of new construction buildings in 2018 was found to be US $ 8.78 / sqm , with a Return on Investment ( RoI ) of 4.2 years .
This high-return service will enable operators a faster RoI with greater efficiency , redundancy and operability throughout the life cycle of the data centre facility . ◊
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