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15 Tips for Successful Data Center Power Whip Installation

Trying to find something you just read that is both entertaining and enlightening, how about "The Checklist Manifesto" by Dr. Atul Gawande.

A novel about checklists probably won't sound too enthralling, but Dr. Gawande seems to introduce enough interesting stories an incident history across the use of checklists to secure your attention. Most importantly a significant case is perfect for checklists as well as the value they create to those who utilize them in a variety of ways, from builders and engineers, to pilots, doctors, and in many cases David Lee Roth while on tour.

Checklists provide two main benefits, first by recognizing the fallibility of human memory and a spotlight, particularly if you are looking for mundane, routine tasks which might be easily overlooked under the strain of pressure and events. The next good thing about checklists is reminding us of the minimum steps to execute a task, supplying the potential for verification while instilling the next step of discipline in the act.

Checklists and also the Data Center

Uptime within a data center might not exactly continually be your life or death proposition, however, there is no doubt that there is a cost when systems fail. No matter how properly trained and experienced, you will find a lot of opportunities for those to create mistakes if they have to depend upon memory alone. Using checklists makes certain that routine efforts are performed correctly, completely and efficiently.

Having a checklist helps you to eliminate unforeseen surprises and delays when new equipment is prepared to be installed. Listed here is a checklist for installing new power whips.

Checklist for Power Whip Installation

1. Research to determine the entire additional load required from your new equipment being installed. 2. Check how additional equipment load will customize the data center utility service, UPS systems and diesel generators existing load. 3. Does the PDU/RPP plenty of excess ability to add new circuits? 4. Are closest PDU/RPP getting used to minimize power whip lengths, longer whips cost more money and when excessively long could cause voltage drop. 5. If server is dual corded can there be ample capacity in PDU/RPP for any fail over. 6. Confirm the load of each one phase in the PDU/RPP to make certain a proper balance. 7. What effect will new equipment don existing cooling system? 8. Carry out the receptacles match the plug for the equipment being installed? 9. Make sure the circuit breaker will be the correct amperage for conductors and receptacle on the whip. 10. Pre-test each new circuit breaker. 11. Check each receptacle for proper voltage, phase-to-phase and phase-to-ground. 12. If three-phase, check for proper rotation per manufactures specification. 13. Verify that many whip data center is correctly labeled on both ends, which the label details are applied for the PDU/RPP directory 14. Have perforated tiles installed in the cold isle. 15. Be sure floor grommets are installed and prepared for power and communication cables/leads to feed new server cabinet.

From the data center, checklists help ensure routine efforts are completed on-time so that as specified, regardless of whether completed by multiple people together or separately. Consider checklists one step towards date center uptime success.

Article submitted by Ken Koty, former data center Facility Manager for Thomson Reuters, and current Sales Engineer at PDU Cables. In the 30+ year career at Thomson Reuters, Ken has become responsible for over 300,000 sq ft of information center space and was renowned for achieving 12 years of continuous uptime.