Five Critical Data Center Safety Considerations
Objectively speaking, a data center can be a dangerous place. There are tightly-knit cables and wires, and thousands of live, high-voltage electrical components. And there are acts of nature that can seriously affect data center operations, such as solar flares, major fires, hurricanes, earthquakes, and lightning strikes. Data centers are also increasing in size in many parts of the world; magnifying these risks. Add on a skilled labor shortage and a longer work week and you have a recipe for potential disaster. Accidents Due to Human Error Electrician Brandon Schroeder travels the country talking to businesses, including data center crews. He shares his near-death experience as an electrician—the day he […]
チェックリスト：データセンターの安全性の8つの主要コンポーネント
The data center is a high-risk environment requiring highly trained personnel. A smart data center safety plan is great to have . . . but useless if it’s not properly implemented. Thus, the untrained or poorly trained engineer is kryptonite for data center safety; any safety culture is only as strong as your weakest link. We spoke with Walter Leclerc, Director, Environmental Occupational Health and Safety with Digital Realty. He speaks all over the country on this topic, so we asked him to update his main areas of focus for us. They can be summarized into eight categories: risk assessment, equipment-specific lockout/tagout procedures, electrical work, working at height, hot work, […]
社会的分散およびサーバーの処理
As you are well aware, data center operations are basically a set of systems and workflows which maintain adequate uptime and connectivity. The nature of IT ops relies on steady monitoring and maintenance of these systems and workflows—no matter the events taking place outside the DC doors. With calls to practice social distancing, how must handling servers and carrying out other basic data center work change to ensure operator safety? COVID-19 and Data Center Operations At last check, the COVID-19 pandemic is creating disruption for industries and stock markets across the globe. Entire populations are practicing social distancing and sheltering in place, with schools, businesses, and bars/restaurants/entertainment facilities shut down. […]
In the Data Center: Is Safe, Safe Enough?
It may come as little surprise that at ServerLIFT headquarters, the majority of our conversations revolve around data center safety. It’s the reason we originally designed the ServerLIFT data center lift. No one had made anything like it before. We saw a clear need for a lift that could function effectively in the data center environment without putting anyone at risk.
Data Center Equipment Safety Matters: Here’s Why
Historically, the data center industry has been resistant to stagnation. Year over year, it sees tremendous growth and advancement. The Cisco Global Cloud Index shows sustained trends in both data center virtualization and cloud computing, with growth in nearly every associated sector. This positive news extends through 2021, when “data center storage installed capacity will [have grown] to 2.6 ZB, up from 663 EB in 2016, nearly a four-fold growth.” Growth is always good news, but the way work is conducted in the data center needs to keep pace with it all. With more work comes greater challenges—not just in volume, but also in the practical logistics of operations. Keeping […]
Data Center Lift Cost and the Hidden ROI
Anyone who has used a purpose-built server handling lift in data center operations immediately understands how it provides convenience and improvements in data center safety and efficiency. However, when purchasing a purpose-built data center lift, it is easy to miss the hidden and ongoing cost savings. To get approval for an assisted lifting device, your IT staff will need to validate the lift’s return on investment (ROI). Operational Savings Our customers have told us that their data center lift has positively affected their bottom line in the following ways: Fewer Staff Members per Install Once the IT staff begins using a server handling lift, the data center starts saving money. […]
What is the Number One Secret to Data Center Safety?
Instinctively, you know that preventing on-the-job injuries is vital. But, you may not be focusing on what is actually the biggest risk of injury in the data center environment. Data Center Safety Not Focused on Biggest Risk Why is it that when we mention data center safety, the first thing most data center managers think of is reducing hearing loss by blocking the noise pollution from the ambient sounds of cooling fans and the beeping, humming data center environment? Or, they worry about fire hazards or even electrocution. The biggest risk, however, is something that your engineers and maintenance teams probably do every day without thinking. But it’s the one […]
Data Center Injury and Damage Statistics
May 2012 Data Center Injury and Damage Statistics Survey: An anonymous study was conducted to determine the number of data center injury and damage from dropped server equipment that occurs in data centers. Out of the 113 participants, 89 answered that they have worked or interfaced within a data center in the past five years. Out of the 89 relevant participants, 58 were able to provide information regarding injuries and 67 were able to provide information regarding dropped equipment. Results: Over 52% were aware of injuries in the data center Over 65% were aware of dropped server equipment in the data center Questions: In the past 5 Years… Have you […]
