DATA CENTRES MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION
Operator
Report
Business
Experience
Site handover Soft Landings
(BSRIA, UBT) Practice
Installation and commissioning contractor
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When trying to tackle risk or energy performance within an organisation, the barriers need to be removed; it is important to look at how to involve the right people and get them to interact in a collaborative way, allowing the organisation to benefi t from their combined knowledge. A data centre’s total cost of ownership
Theory
Refl ection Design brief
Basis of design (ASHRAE)
comprises capital cost, operating cost (labour and utilities) and reliability cost (failures have a fi nancial impact). The investment focus is often on the infrastructure rather than the staff, even though the operational team is central to the facility’s successful operation. By engaging the operational team, the
Design handover consultant Design
facility reliability and energy performance can both be improved, saving the business money. Where the operational team have ownership of improvements this also has a positive impact of staff motivation. As it matures, the industry is starting to recognise the importance of the human capital that supports it. It is a fast-moving, high-tech and often high-pressure environment – investing in developing team performance allows the full facility potential to be realised. CJ
References
1 Duffey & Saull 2008 “Managing Risk: The human element”
2 The Uptime Institute 3 Kolb
SOPHIA FLUCKER, ROBERT TOZER and DAVID CAMERON are from Operational Intelligence, which works with data centre operational teams to help them reduce their total cost of ownership.
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