Update on european data centre standards socitm 2013

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European Data Centre Standards

July 2013

Llandrindod Wells

18th July, 2013

Barry [email protected]


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Limiting factors in data centre operation

• Heat dissipation within a server rack– 1.7 kW average in 2003, now looking for 25 kW+

• Power – supply to the rack– Power supply to the whole data centre

• Communications links• Floor space available• Availability of qualified staff• Site location

– Security, size, accessibility


Failure mechanismsFailure mode Sites

Power failures 42

Fire 14Storm, flood &other environmental issues

11

Malicious attack, DDoS or theft

12

HVAC 4

Major IT problem 28

Other 21

Source: Capitoline from published sources 2008-2013

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Other16%

Power32%

Fire11%Enviromental

8%

HVAC3%

IT21%

Attack9%

Data centre failures 2009-2012

Five data centres destroyed by fire or flood


General purpose data centre standards• TIA 942 TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE

STANDARD FOR DATA CENTERS • ASHRAE 2011 Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing

environments– Expanded Data Center Classes and Usage Guidance

• EN 50600: Data centre facilities and infrastructures (2013)• BICSI 002: Data Center design and implementation best practice • The UpTime Institute: Tier standard topology


ETSI standards are most appropriate for telecom data centres


UK Standards

• Joint service publication JSP 440, The Defence manual of Security

• DEFCON 659 Security measures• HMG security Policy framework• Government secure network standard• National Infrastructure Security Standard• CPNI Data centre standard


Relationship of the CENELEC standards

EN 50346 Information technology – Cabling installation – Testing installed cabling

EN 50310 Application of equipotential bonding and earthing in buildings with IT equipment

EN 50173-3 Information technology – Generic Cabling – Industrial premises

EN 50173-4 Information technology – Generic Cabling – Homes

EN 50173-5 Information technology – Generic Cabling – Data centres

EN 50173-2 Information technology – Generic Cabling – Office premises

EN 50174-1 Information technology –Cabling installation – Specification and QA

EN 50174-2 Information technology –Cabling installation – Internal cabling

Relationship of CENELEC standards

EN 50600 Information technology -Data centre facilities and infrastructures


Policies, Procedures. Documentation, ISO 9000, ISO 27000

EN 50600 approach


EN 50600 layout

Capitoline is a contributing member of the Standard body


Wider perspective• EU Directives• CENELEC, IEC, ISO and CISPR standards• Building Regulations• Planning permission• Legislation

– Disability– Health & safety– Electricity

• National Standards


Minimising energy consumption and the green agenda


‘Green’ metrics applicable to data centres• The Green Grid• Environmental Protection Agency, EPA• US Department of Energy, DoE• Silicon Valley Leadership Group• Mckinsey• The UpTime Institute• Leader Environmental Design, LEED• Transaction Processing Performance Council, TPPC• Green Data Centre Alliance• BREEAM• European Union Code of Conduct• Green IT Promotion Council• British Computer Society FVER


Data centre metricsDCiE Data Centre infrastructure Efficiency

DCiE = IT equipment PowerTotal facilities Power

Power Usage Effectiveness, PUE = 1DCiE

Advantages – SimpleDisadvantages – the servers, though taking most of the energy, may not actually be doing any useful work

Green

Agenda


A new data centre using standard technology – but everything done correctly- should achieve a PUE of at least 1.6


Data centres would be the world’s 5th biggest economy by power consumption

How dirty is your data? Greenpeace 2011


General Principles of the Code of ConductA.1. Data centres are designed so as to minimise energy consumption whilst not impacting business performance.

A.2. Data centre equipment is designed to allow the optimisation of energy efficiency while meeting the operational or service targets anticipated.

A.3. Data centres are designed to allow regular and periodic energy monitoring.

A.4. Energy consumption of data centres is monitored

A.5. Data centres and their equipment are designed, specified and procured on the basis of minimising the TCO.

A.6. When the Energy Star programme has set specification for servers and other IT equipment, these specifications must be followed by Participants when procuring equipment.

A.7. Data centres should preferably use free cooling technologies (no compressor required), where technically and economically feasible.


Best practice format -20131 to 5 rating

Category DescriptionEntire Data Centre Expected to be applied to all existing IT, Mechanical and Electrical

equipment within the data centre

New Software Expected during any new software install or upgradeNew IT Equipment Expected for new or replacement IT equipmentNew build or retrofit Expected for any data centre built or undergoing a significant refit of the

M&E equipment from 2010 onwards

Optional practices Practices without a background colour are optional for participants


EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres – Best Practice 2013

Area Description

Physical

building

The building including security, location and maintenance.

Mechanical

and electrical

plant

The selection, installation, configuration, maintenance and management of the mechanical and electrical plant.

Data floor The installation, configuration, maintenance and management of the main data floor where IT equipment is installed. This includes the floor (raised in some cases), positioning of CRAC units and PDUs, basic layout of cabling systems (under floor or overhead).

Racks The installation, configuration, maintenance and management of the racks into which rack mount IT equipment is installed.

IT equipment The selection, installation, configuration, maintenance and management of the physical IT equipment.

Operating

System /

Virtualisation

The selection, installation, configuration, maintenance and management of the Operating System and virtualisation (both client and hypervisor) software installed on the IT equipment. This includes monitoring clients, hardware management agents etc.

Software The selection, installation, configuration, maintenance and management of the application software installed on the IT equipment.

Business

practices

The determination and communication of the business requirements for the data centre including the importance of systems, reliability availability and maintainability specifications and data management processes.

Areas of ResponsibilityOperators’ areas of responsibility are defined as;Code of Conduct

EU Data Centre


Operator Colo provider Colo

customer

MSP in Colo MSP

Physical building Implement Implement Endorse Endorse Implement

Mechanical &

electrical plant

Implement Implement Endorse Endorse Implement

Data floor and air

flow

Implement Implement & Endorse

Implement & Endorse

Implement Implement

Racks and rack air

flow

Implement Implement & Endorse

Implement & Endorse

Implement Implement

IT equipment Implement Endorse Implement Implement Implement

Operating System

& Virtualisation

Implement Endorse Implement Implement Implement

Software Implement Endorse Implement Implement & Endorse

Implement & Endorse

Business practices Implement Endorse Implement Endorse Endorse

Implement or EndorseEach operator should determine which of the practices apply to them based on their areas of responsibility. The table below provides an overview for common types of Participant;

MSP=Managed Service Provider

Code of Conduct

EU Data Centre


Example from EU CoC requirements


Conclusion• Design your data centre to the best standards• Audit it to make sure it meets requirements and

standards• EU Procurement Directive requires recognition of

CENELEC, CEN & ETSI standards when spending public money

• Aim towards EU CoC for best energy management

No. Name Description Value

4.3.1 Audit existingphysical andservice estate

Audit the existing physical and logical estate to establish what equipment is in place and what service(s) it delivers.

4

Extract from EU CoC Best Practice

Requirements


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