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These self paced courses have accompanying tests for knowledge. Data University courses offer industry leading education for IT professionals, Engineers, Facilities Managers, and others involved with the Network Critical Physical Infrastructure (NCPI) of data centers. Our courses are developed by Data Center executives with decades of combined experience running some of the world's most advanced operations. The courses address core competencies required for Data Center Design, Build and Operations. Data Center University's curriculum centers around the education you need to solve real world issues in the data center.
Fundamentals of Availability
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
These days a business must operate at lightening speed in order to be successful. The cost of just one major episode of downtime can cripple a business. The challenge of maintaining a constantly available network is no longer just the concern of the IT department, you feel the pressure coming from department heads and upper management. Now more than ever, it is critical for you to have a sound understanding of the factors that lead to high availability, and the threats to availability. This course explores the dimensions of availability through such topics as measuring business value, costs due to downtime, calculating downtime, and factors that affect availability and reliability.
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of this course you will be able to:
- Understand the key terms associated with availability.
- Understand the difference between availability.
- Understand the difference between availability and reliability.
- Recognize threats to availability and calculate cost of downtime.
Fundamentals of Cooling for Data Centers
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
In every data center excess heat has the potential to create downtime. In addition, the performance and life span of IT equipment is directly related to the efficiency of cooling equipment. If you’re involved with the operation of computing equipment it’s critical that you understand the importance of cooling in the data center environment. This foundational course explains the fundamentals of air conditioning systems, covering such topics as the refrigeration cycle, ideal gas law, condensation, convection and radiation, heat generation and transfer, and precision vs. comfort cooling.
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of this course you will be able to:
- Understand why cooling in the data center is so critical to high availability.
- Distinguish between Precision and Comfort Cooling.
- Recognize how heat is generated and transferred.
- Define basic terms like Pressure, Volume and Temperature as well as their units of measurement.
Fundamentals of Power
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
Before you can understand the power needs of the Data Center, you must first understand the basic concepts and terms related to power measurement, electric power forms, and its generation. This elementary level course explains these power elements and some of today's power problems.
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of this course you will be able to:
- Identify basic electricity concepts.
- Describe electrical power and its generation.
- Differentiate between various power usages in a data center
- Define power factor.
Optimizing Cooling Layouts for the Data Center
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
A challenging predicament for facility managers is striking a balance between the complicated and drastic heat output of IT equipment and preventing that heat from damaging the very equipment that creates it. Further, humidity and temperature levels outside the recommended range can detrimentally alter computer components making them vulnerable to future failures. Although obtaining proper cooling equipment is important, equally important is the distribution and layout of that equipment. This course discusses various types of cooling equipment, and deployment methods for optimal system performance and improved data center efficiency.
Learning objectives:
At completion of this course, you will be able to:.
- List the major components common to most computer room air conditioning systems
- Describe three methods of air delivery.
- Recognize the five basic methods of data center heat removal.
- Recognize the two basic arrangements of precision cooling equipment.
Power Distribution 1
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
Selecting an appropriate technique for power distribution within the data center is the key to ensuring reliability and uptime. This course will explain and compare the various ways to provide electrical power to data centers and network rooms. Issues addressed include voltage, carious types of transformers, service entrance and the different power distribution/configuration models.
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of this course you will be able to:
- Identify how power is distributed form the utility to the data center
- Articulate how nominal voltage differs from normal voltage
- Differentiate various configurations of Delta and Wye transformers
- Discuss how service entrance, main electrical service panel, transformers, feeders, sub-panels, branch circuits and receptacles are related to each other
Power Redundancy in the Data Center
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
Power may be the most critical element of the Physical Data Center today, impacting availability, performance and budgets. This foundational course explores common commercial AC voltage types, transformers and turns ratios, K-rating and Delta-Wye configuration. It also discusses voltage distribution, current ratings and electric fuses. Different types of circuit breakers, their sizing, and grounding requirements are also explained.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the impact that planning for redundancy has on the availability of a data center or network room.
- Recognize various types of Uninterruptible Power Supplies, including Standby, Line Interactive, Standby-Ferro, Double Conversion On-Line, and Delta Conversion On-Line.
- Determine the benefits, limitations, and common applications for these UPS types.
Rack Fundamentals
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
2-post, 4-post, U's, cable entry, seismic ratings, placement, service access, power and cooling integration. When did Racks become so complicated and how have they evolved to meet the changing needs of Data Centers? This course covers rack standards, rack types, and rack enclosures. It discusses best practices for rack system selection, and explores the physical considerations for rack layout
Learning Objectives:
- Identify common rack types.
- Identify and explain some common rack system challenges.
- Explain ways to improve rack cooling.
- Explain some of the physical considerations for rack layout.
Re-Examining Raised Floor Applications
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
The raised floor is a ubiquitous feature of data centers. However, many of the reasons for utilizing the raised floor no longer exist, and the problems associated with raised floors suggest that their widespread use is no longer justified or desirable for many applications. This course examines the original circumstances that gave rise to the development and use of the raised floor in the data center environment; barriers to eliminating the raised floor; and recently introduced solutions that solve technical barriers to eliminating the raised floor concept.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the history of raised floor applications.
- Identify original versus current data center requirements.
- Identify the challenges associated with deploying a raised floor.
- Recognize the benefits of eliminating the raised floor.
Standardization in the Data Center
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
Standardization is a powerful concept that has established itself as a critical ally in managing process. In recent decades, the long-standing idea of standardization has gained new stature in many different industries as a creative and compelling strategic enterprise philosophy. Similar success can be achieved by applying standardization to the design, deployment, and operation of Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure (NCPI). Together, we will discover that there is indeed a catalyst for moving towards implementing a process of standardization in the data center: Data center managers´ desire to eliminate the significant business cost of unnecessary downtime, lost opportunity, and expense caused by human error, lack of agility, and data center oversizing. This course will discuss how implementing a plan to standardize the data center will help to increase efficiency levels, reduce downtime, support better business agility, and lower costs.
Learning Objectives:
- Define Network Critical Physical Infrastructure (NCPI).
- Describe the fundamental attributes of standardization in the data center.
- Identify how standardization can address some of the challenges that data center managers face.
- List the benefits that standardization brings to the data center.
Advantages of Row & Rack-Oriented Cooling Architectures for Data Centers I
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
Room cooling is an ineffective approach for next-generation data centers. Latest generation high density and variable density IT equipment create conditions that room cooling was never intended to address, resulting in cooling systems that are inefficient and unpredictable. Row-oriented and rack-oriented cooling architectures have been developed to address these problems. This course contrasts room, row, and rack architectures and shows why row-oriented cooling will emerge as the preferred solution for most next generation data centers.
Learning Objectives:
- Compare and contrast the various approaches to cooling.
- Explain why there is a trend for moving away from room based cooling and moving toward row based cooling, when deploying higher density applications.
- Determine the appropriate applications for your data center.
Calculating Total Power Requirements
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
Part of data center planning and design is the process of aligning power requirements of the IT equipment with the capacity of the infrastructure. This course presents methods for calculating power requirements and provides guidelines for determining total electrical power capacity needed to support the data center.
Learning Objectives:
- Calculate total power requirements for a data center.
- Finalize the electrical capacity calculation for a data center's Electrical Service & Generator Standby Power Systems.
Calculating Total Cooling Requirements
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
Accurately identifying cooling requirements are a critical factor data center design and maintenance. This course describes how to estimate the heat output for purposes of sizing data center air conditioning systems. In addition, a number of heat and cooling measurement conversion options will be explored. The importance of “right-sizing” the cooling solutions for the data center will also be discussed.
Learning Objectives:
- Estimate the system heat output for a data center.
- Identify the capacity requirements for the data center air conditioning system.
- Employ common capacity measurement conversion tools.
- Calculate the Total Cooling Requirements for a data center.
Calculating TCO for your Data Center, an Overview
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
To stay competitive in today's rapidly changing business world, companies must update the way they view the value of one of their most critical investments, their data center. This course will discuss the many facets of determining the TCO of physical data center in relation to Network Critical Physical Infrastructure, the importance of Rightsizing, and also discuss the utilization of TCO calculators that will aid in the determination of informed business choices for IT and data center managers.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the variables of a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis.
- Identify the Network Critical Physical Infrastructure (NCPI) components of a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis.
- Identify how oversizing equipment in your data center can impact your TCO calculations.
- Recognize the benefits of rightsizing a data center.
Advantages of Row and Rack-Oriented Cooling Architectures II
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
Data center cooling is one of the most critical yet least understood of all the NCPI components. Today's data center manager will need to have a thorough understanding of the unique challenges involved in the deployment of a particular cooling architecture. This course expands upon the topics explored in Advantages of Row and Rack-Oriented Cooling Architectures Part I. Topics for part two include these special issues: capacity utilization, humidification, electrical efficiency, water or other heat transport piping, location, and redundancy. The most appropriate way to deal with these challenges in the data center environment will also be explored.
Learning Objectives:
- Review the different types of cooling architectures used in data centers.
- Analyze challenges of the different types of cooling architectures.
- Discuss the special issues that impact cooling architectures.
Analyzing Reliability in the Data Center Outline
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
The growing reliance on information systems that operate 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, has spawned a rapidly growing and developing industry that supplies products and services on-demand. The need for these types of information services now reaches into every business office in the world. Unfortunately, events of all kinds including hardware failure, human error, environmental changes, structural failure and external events can lead to the possibility of unanticipated systems downtime.
Learning Objectives:
- Define key terms associated with analyzing reliability risks.
- Identify some common cause failures in the data center.
- Describe the benefits of conducting a Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA).
- Recognize the reliability advantages of utilizing scalable, modular architecture in the data center.
Chilled Water Piping for Your Data Center
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
In data centers, the traditional approach to piping distribution has been to use hard copper or carbon steel piping with welded, brazed or threaded fittings for routing and branching of the piping to the computer room air conditioners. With the current trend of increased densities in IT equipment and more frequent moves, additions, and changes, computer room air conditioners must occasionally be added to the traditional lay-outs where the use of hard piping becomes problematic. These additions require new piping to be installed, increasing deployment time of the equipment and increasing the risk of down time associated with the installation. The result is that there is a need in the industry for a more flexible modular system of piping that can better accommodate changing requirements.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the deployment of both traditional hard piping as well as newer, flexible piping.
- Identify the various failure modes of hard piping and flexible piping installations.
- Review considerations for deploying both under-floor and overhead hard piping installations.
- Compare the benefits of both hard piping and flexible piping for chilled water systems.
Enhancing Large UPS Efficiency
Location: online at www.datacenteruniversity.com
Cost: Free of charge
Time: ongoing offering in self paced format
PDH: 1
Contact: Data Center University by APC, 401-789-5735, x2342 dcu.support@apcc.com
As energy resources become more scarce and expensive, electrical efficiency is becoming a more important performance factor in the specification and selection of large UPS systems. There are three subtle but significant factors that can materially affect a company's cost of operating a UPS system and particularly the electrical bill. Unfortunately, the people who specify systems often fail to recognize these factors., which leads to increased costs to the owner because operational efficiencies are not correctly considered. This course addresses the common errors and misunderstandings in evaluating UPS efficiency. UPC efficiency curves are explained, compared, and their cost implications quantified.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize efficiency issues involved in UPS evaluation
- Interpret a UPS efficiency curve.
- Describe types of power loss and the total cost of inefficiency.
- Discuss solutions to leverage UPS efficiency.
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