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Data Center Engineering

Posted on: April 11th, 2016

Please complete all of the following questions – it will take approximately 2 minutes to complete.

Is there a documented Problem/ Change management procedure?
Have you verified that you have A/B power redundancy to all critical systems?
Is your list of personnel authorized data center access reviewed and updated on a regular interval?
Do you track the number of additional racks that can be added to the data center?
Is there any type of warning process at the rack level to advise of a potential power overload before plugging in a new device?
Does the physical de-install process include the removal of abandoned cables and power cords?
Do you maintain a customer circuit inventory that tracks diversity requirements?
Does your application/ service deployment process include a DR capability review?
Are you using multi-color cable to identify cable types and applications?
Are there hostname labels on the back of all devices?

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Data Center Management

Posted on: March 15th, 2016

Please complete all of the following questions – it will take approximately 2 minutes to complete.

Do you have a documented data center strategy for your company?
Do you have a consolidated data center budget to help manage/ understand all of your data center costs (IT infrastructure, facility maintenance, power, etc.)?
Do you review a monthly IT operations report?
Have your internal/ external audits in the past 12 months been clear of data center related exposures?
Are you comfortable with your data center DR capabilities?
Are equipment changes in your data center timely enough to support your business needs?
Do you understand the cost of downtime to your business?
In the past 6 months, have you been able to meet your data center's availability  requirements?
Are annual business growth forecasts translated into data center growth forecasts?
Would you be proud to take a client/ customer on a tour of your data center?
Have you validated that all systems are properly configured for redundancy in the event of a data center power failure?

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