Chapter 10

Fire Suppression and On-Site Security

This chapter consists of two main topics. One is the data center fire suppression system and the other is the on-site security system. Regarding the fire suppression issue, this chapter discusses how to select the best solution for a fire suppression system for a particular data center. One of the criteria for selection is cost considerations.

The second topic is on-site or physical security systems. Based on the TIA-942 standard, different tiers of data center should have different physical security systems. The physical security system will be organized with three layers, the physical layer, the organizational layer, and the infrastructure layer.

Keywords

Fire suppression; fire suppression solutions; ...

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