June 2005
Intermediate to advanced
408 pages
12h 1m
English
Other information useful to have about a Data Center is metrics—measurements taken regularly to determine how the room functions over time. There are a lot of data points that can conceivably be collected about a server environment. Some are crucial, while others are simply items of trivia.
To get some perspective on the performance of your server environment and the incidents that happen in and around it, keep a log of Data Center-related events. Record the time, date, and major details of notable occurrences. Utility power failures, infrastructure malfunctions, and occasions when servers go off line are all worthy of mention. Over time, a well-maintained incident log can reveal trends that might ...
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