Test-type question
I had a bunch of questions that were not covered in any of my prep material... and though most of them were intuitive, this one blew me away. I have no idea how to answer it.
So let me see if I can word it sufficiently different that no one feels the need to flame me about the NDA, while still helping me understand the logic behind your answer.
Let's say I own a 10-story building. I'd like to place a data-center with an information processing facility on one of the floors. Which floor would you pick? And why?
Personally, I'd be partial to the ground floor. Or possibly the basement. As for why... ease of access for employees and customers; quick exit in case of emergency; also ease of accessibility for delivery/courier type guys.
My other instinct is to go with the top floor. Only because I know of a data center in Toronto, where the building owner had an office on the second floor, above the server farm on the first floor. In his office was a shower. Over night a pipe burst, and by the time anyone could arrive on site and respond to the calls about outages, 20 odd servers were destroyed. I think that with washroom on every floor, any floor other than the top floor runs the risk of water damage.
So, thoughts?
Mike
So let me see if I can word it sufficiently different that no one feels the need to flame me about the NDA, while still helping me understand the logic behind your answer.
Let's say I own a 10-story building. I'd like to place a data-center with an information processing facility on one of the floors. Which floor would you pick? And why?
Personally, I'd be partial to the ground floor. Or possibly the basement. As for why... ease of access for employees and customers; quick exit in case of emergency; also ease of accessibility for delivery/courier type guys.
My other instinct is to go with the top floor. Only because I know of a data center in Toronto, where the building owner had an office on the second floor, above the server farm on the first floor. In his office was a shower. Over night a pipe burst, and by the time anyone could arrive on site and respond to the calls about outages, 20 odd servers were destroyed. I think that with washroom on every floor, any floor other than the top floor runs the risk of water damage.
So, thoughts?
Mike
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CCIE Studies: Written passed: Jan 21/12 Lab Prep: Hours reading: 385. Hours labbing: 110
Taking a time-out to add the CCVP. Capitalizing on a current IPT pilot project.
CCIE Studies: Written passed: Jan 21/12 Lab Prep: Hours reading: 385. Hours labbing: 110
Taking a time-out to add the CCVP. Capitalizing on a current IPT pilot project.
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The obvious question then is how the middle floor is any less of a fire risk than the top floor?? For that matter, fire makes the first floor the most obvious choice, no?
CCIE Studies: Written passed: Jan 21/12 Lab Prep: Hours reading: 385. Hours labbing: 110
Taking a time-out to add the CCVP. Capitalizing on a current IPT pilot project.
Might have been one of those experimental questions on the test, but there are some great write ups from Sandy on how data centers handled operations.
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