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Visiting the computer room is a very important link in the process of server hosting and data center selection. After all, hearing is false, seeing is believing. So what do you see when you visit the computer room?

At the mention of this, the editor remembered that when he was arranged to visit and study the computer room operated by the company for the first time, he listened carefully to the introduction all the time. I only felt that the computer room was very powerful, the big brand of equipment was used, the machine was neat and tidy, and he returned to the company with joy!

But I didn't know anything about it, but I found that I had patronized the equipment and didn't understand the detailed configuration. Finally, the leader summed up my visit and study in seven simple words, "what on earth are you going to do?" .

What a painful understanding!

So later, by looking up materials and consulting seniors, the editor finally made a little summary of what he should see when visiting the computer room:

01. Watch the gatekeeper security check.

This is the most easily overlooked, but very important place, because it involves the security of customer property and data. Regardless of the specific reservation registration process, you just need to see whether the registration is strictly checked in and out. After all, the operating rules of each data center are different.

02. Look at the power supply

Continuous power is a prerequisite for high availability in the data center. So the power supply depends on how the data center ensures that the power is not cut off.

a. High pressure room

Mainly look at the city power line, high and low voltage, understand the total capacity, you can briefly calculate the power consumption and redundancy of each cabinet, and so on.

B. UPS battery pack

Look at the configuration and brand of the UPS battery pack to understand whether the data center can perfectly guarantee uninterrupted power in the case of extreme power outages and how much time it can give to diesel generators to generate electricity.

c. Diesel generator

Look at the configuration of diesel generators, oil storage, etc., to understand how long the data center can continue to operate in the case of extreme power outages.

03. Look at refrigeration.

Data center to ensure high availability, refrigeration system is also very important, outside the computer room mainly depends on water chillers, you can ask about the relevant water chillers, cooling units, understand the relevant configuration.

04. Look at the computer room

Needless to say, this importance. You can look at the specific division of the computer room, network, cabinet power, hot and cold channels, wiring display, fire layout and so on.

05. Look at the computer room office.

Understand the daily duty arrangement, etc.

06. Look at the operation and maintenance monitoring room.

Understand moving ring monitoring system and CCTV monitoring system, etc.

07. Look at people

In addition to looking at things, another key point is to look at people and institutions. For example, the operation and maintenance personnel operation compliance, computer room access system and so on.

The above is the editor's view of visiting the computer room. of course, the on-site visit is only for further verification, so we have to have a preliminary understanding of the computer room before going to visit before we can verify one by one and ask questions one by one during the visit.

What other places do you think need to be paid attention to when visiting the computer room? Welcome to reply the discussion in the message area!

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