Data Center Facilities And Protecting Them From Fire Hazards
Asking whether it is necessary to protect a data center from fire hazard is a redundant question! The question is how should it be done! Data centers are hugely vulnerable entities. They are very...
View ArticleInert Gas Data Center Fire Protection and Hard Disk Drive Damage
Introduction From their advent in the mid-late 1950’s, data centers have faced a universal threat: fire. One data center fire in particular sent a clear message to both the computer industry and the...
View ArticleLithium Ion (Li-Ion) Batteries: A Fire Potential in Waiting
The proliferation of battery technologies in modern industry is presenting fire professionals with new sets of challenges. Confusion exists as to the correct approach for protecting industrial...
View ArticleFacility Software Systems: Design, Construction and Operational Impacts
Just as modern data centers are built to support software applications and the hardware they live on, they also rely heavily on the software that drives control and monitoring systems. In many...
View ArticleMission-Critical Fire Protection: A Case of Mistaken Identity (Part 5)
(Also see Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 of this series.) The fourth part of this series explored the reasons why common fire-protection solutions for mission-critical facilities fall short of...
View ArticleData Center Tips of the Trade: Life Safety
Undoubtedly, the most critical component in any mission-critical data center isn’t the capacity of data servers or the types of UPS batteries; it’s the life-safety measures. Smoke, not the flame...
View ArticleData Center Tips of the Trade: How Buildings Get Their Construction-Type...
In a building-permit application, the architect’s construction drawings must include a codes review section (best on or near the cover sheet) that proves to the local authorities having jurisdiction...
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