Post on 15-Apr-2017
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RISK MANAGEMENT FACTORS OF DATA CENTER LOCATION
For all the effort we endure in designing high availability systems, concurrently maintainable infrastructures, and all the other “mission critical” details we add to a facility design, one element remains and that is the location.
Geographical Influences and Environmental Risks• Seismic activity • Volcanoes • Flood Plain
And don’t forget...• Architectural features and constraints • Equipment ingress and egress • Water supply
• The building is a single point of failure for all apps and data inside it • You can’t pick up the building and move it
These should be at least 8 miles (13km) away from the data center:• Minor Airports (propeller and light
aircraft only• Military bases
These should be at least 2 miles (3.2km) away:
These should be at least 1 mile (1.6 km) away:• Self storage facilities• High-voltage power
distribution lines• Water storage towers
• Major highways• Inland harbors/
canals
• Railways• Lakes , Dams,
reservoirs
These should be at least 5 miles (8km) away:• Major Airports• Conventional fossil fuel
power plants• Other smokestick
industry operations
These should be at least 3 miles (5km) away:• Embassies• Research Laboratories• Weather or other radar
installations
Bob’s tips!• Adjacent tall buildings• Man holes• Subways
Good things to have nearby:• Fire station• Police station• Hospital emergency room