Chapter 1. Planning Systems
Time | This chapter takes approximately 45 minutes to complete. |
Goals | Understand the need for planning prior to installation Understand power and cooling estimates Learn items to include in initial system documentation |
You’ve been tasked with setting up a new server: A system for the Finance Department, or perhaps an entire data center. How do you know what to actually purchase? Technologists tend to get excited about unboxing new equipment, but they face important decisions before ordering and racking new gear.
Planning is a little-documented discipline, but it is perhaps the most critical task in the process of implementing a system or service. An underpowered system causes only frustration. An overpowered system that adds ...
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