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Assessment & Inspection
Comprehensive site evaluations of environmental
conditions determine their potential impact on hardware reliability.
Site infrastructure/implementation reviews identify efficiency and
optimization strategies for the data center.
Energy & Cooling Overview - ECO
The Energy & Cooling Overview (ECO) is designed to evaluate existing data
center conditions, identify design or implementation areas in need of
improvement and provide a plan for optimizing energy usage, cooling and
general environmental conditions at the facility.
This service examines: General Site Data & Future Planning, Cooling & Air
Distribution, Energy Distribution, Usage & Quality, Space & Rack Utilization
and other factors that can affect energy usage and hardware availability.
Environmental Site Assessment – ESA
The ESA is a comprehensive environmental evaluation designed specifically
for computer facilities, concentrating on factors that affect infrastructure
efficiency and system availability. This service focuses both on actual room
conditions at the time of the assessment as well as the ability of the
facility to provide stable and appropriate conditions that consistently meet
the specific requirements of the hardware. It provides both a useful
baseline of conditions, as well as identification of actual problems and
potential susceptibilities that could impact hardware.
This service examines: temperature & relative humidity, conditioned air
distribution, infrastructure design, hardware requirements and contaminant
concerns. It includes a detailed site inspection, comprehensive report and
presentation of findings.
Environmental & Power Site Assessment – EPSA
The EPSA is based on the Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) with the
addition of a Power Quality Assessment (PQA) service enhancement that
provides a more in-depth investigation of the electrical infrastructure and
historic conditions as well as power quality measurements. Additional
specialized resources are applied to accomplish this.
Hardware Contaminant Identification – HCI
The HCI is designed as a baseline inspection of conditions at a site where
there is knowledge or suspicion of contaminant deposits within hardware
cabinets. This inspection will provide useful information regarding the
nature and degree of the contamination, as well as its migration to critical
points where it can affect availability. It will help highlight areas in
need of further investigation or remediation and will identify specific
actions that may be necessary.
In cases of positive identification, remediation can be provided through a
Room Decontamination (DCON) or
Hardware Decontamination (HDCON) project, as
appropriate.
Zinc Whisker identification – ZWI
Metallic contaminants pose a serious and direct threat to hardware
operations. This service examines strategically chosen points within the
subject environment to determine the presence of metallic whisker
contamination. It focuses on both the identification of the source (such as
access floor tile surfaces), as well as it’s migration to critical points.
The contaminant identification focuses not only on elemental composition,
but also on characteristic morphology. This service will also help determine
what remediation activities may be necessary.
In cases of positive identification, remediation can be provided through a
Zinc Whisker Abatement (ZWA) project.
Other Assessment Services: WES offers other standard and customized
services including; Laboratory Analysis, Long-term Temperature & Relative
Humidity or Power Quality Monitoring, Power Quality Assessments and other
electrical infrastructure and power-related analysis and evaluation
services.
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