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CTDC - Certified TIA-942 Design Consultant is a three-day course, where the participant will learn how to design an ANSI/TIA-942 compliant data centre. It will provide a clear understanding of the requirements of the ANSI/TIA-942 Standard and possible implementation variations. This course is well suited for all types of data centres, be it enterprise data centres or multi-tenant, third party data centres such as co-location, managed services and cloud service providers.
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After completion of the course the participant will be able to:
- Learn to properly comprehend and apply the ANSI/TIA-942 Standard requirements and guidelines
- Understand the proper intent of the ANSI/TIA-942 Standard to avoid both over- and/or under-investment
- Align the selection of redundancy levels and infrastructure investments to the business requirements.
- Understand the criteria and requirements for a high-availability data centre design and how to effectively establish the data centre from the perspective of the ANSI/TIA-942 Standard
- Understand how the ANSI/TIA-942 Standard relates to various worldwide standards
Introduction to Data Centre Facilities
About the ANSI/TIA-942
- Life of the ANSI/TIA-942 Standard Relation to other standards
- Architectural
- Electrical
- Mechanical
- Telecommunication Areas under the scope
- High-level redundancy de nations
- Redundancy options (N, N+1 etc.) Fault-tolerant
- Concurrent maintainability
- Compartmentalisation Examples of redundancy levels
Data Centre Space Planning
Data Centre Topologies
Recommendations for Energy Efficiency
Architectural
- Site selection Parking
- Multi-tenant building
- Building construction
- Vapour barrier
- Roofing
- Floor loading
- Raised flooring
- Suspended/drop ceiling
- Hanging load
- Seismic
Building Security & Safety
- Security
- CCTV Staffing
- Bullet/ballistic proofing Lighting
- Safety
- Signage
Building and Room Access
- Security checkpoints
- Entry lobby
- Doors and windows
- Exit corridors
- Shipping and receiving areas
Room/Area Design Requirements
- Administrative offices
- Security office
- Operations centre
- Restroom and break room
- UPS/Battery rooms
- Generator and fuel storage area
- Computer room
Electrical
- Utility power
- Substation
- Feed requirements
- Self-generation
- HT/HV switchgear
- Generator and fuel supply
- LT/LV switchgear
- ATS
- Alternatives to ATS
- UPS and batteries
- PDU
- STS
- Grounding
- Surge protection
- EPO
- Central power monitoring
- Load banks
- Testing
- Equipment maintenance
- Preventive maintenance
- Facility training programs
Mechanical
- Environmental design
- Temperature and humidity requirements
- Contamination
- Sources
- Clean air
- Pressurisation
- Radio sources
- Vibration
- Water ingress
- Water-cooled systems Heat rejection
- Chilled water system
- Condenser water
- Makeup water
- Air-cooled systems
- HVAC control systems
- Plumbing
- Pipe routing
- Fire suppression
- Water leak detection
Telecommunications
- Network topology
- Redundancy level design
- Media and connectors
- Cabling pathways
- Detailed cabling design considerations
- Administration and labelling
- Cable testing Data centre fabrics
Exam
The primary audience for this course are professionals involved with designing, building, maintaining and operating mission-critical data centres and those who wish to attend the CTIA (Certified TIA-942 Internal Auditor) course.
Participants must possess a valid data centre training certificate such as CDCP or any other approved equivalent. Please submit a copy of your certificate for verification upon registration for the CTDC course.
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