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Why is protecting equipment from air and surface contamination important?
An average minute of data center downtime costs $8,851
80% of data center managers say their last outage was preventable.
70% of data center failures are caused by human error.
74% of data managers believe their last outage of$1M or more could have been prevented with better processes, management, or configuration.
Your data center isn’t average. Upgraded procedures protect on three fronts:
- Control all entry points to keep contamination out:
- Use double sets of doors
- Seal the envelop - Keep out particles, cut energy cost of cooled air loss
- Install entryway matting
- Restrict operations and materials - All assembly or unpacking should happen in staging area outside the data center
- Control what’s already made it inside:
- Empty all trash receptacles daily
- Target all entryway floors for vacuuming
- Use strict SOPs for tools and cleaning patterns - Micro and macroscopic protocols. Use cleaning products approved for data center equipment
- Subfloor plenums and drop ceilings decontaiminated
- Monitor humidity levels
- Control the equipment that controls your environment:
- Change cooling system filters on schedule
- Clean ducts and airways on schedule to avoid buildup
- Maintain systems mechanically - Stop particles created by wear and tear
Particular problems:
- Air pollution
- Dirt and dust
- Electrostatic dust
- Ferrous metal particles
- Fibers
- Human hair
- Lint
- Packing materials
- Pollen
- Salt (sea or de-icing)
- Skin particles
- Zinc (and tin) whiskers
All your operations and equipment affect each other.
- Particulates in HVAC system scan increase cooling energy costs. EPA recommends removing contaminants to reduce energy use.
- Airborne gases can also lead to corrosion and failures. ASHRAE recommends data center.
- Particles and build up can interfere with critical equipment and cause failures. ASHRAE recommends ISO Class 8clean room requirements for data centers.
We develop targeted SOPs for data center contamination control. Talk to the team that optimizes operations for uptime and efficiency.
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