DCS was started to meet the changing demands of the data centre environment; from extending the life of existing data centres to designing and building brand new ones.
Data Centre Services is a niche consultancy specialising in the data centre and all disciplines required to support it. Using a large network of experienced associated companies we believe we can provide our customers a service that is second to none.
A data centre is a dynamic environment with power and cooling profiles that fluctuate throughout the day. There is also an ongoing cycle of change that affects this environment and the services it supports. Without proper management the data centre will gradually fill up; Hot spots will emerge, areas run out of power or data connectivity. A £500k server room or £50million data centre can both suffer the same problems if the correct processes are not in place to manage and maintain the data centre effectively.
Data centres are usually designed to have redundant power and cooling. Hopefully, with scope for expansion to meet future demands. But was the structured cabling designed to offer the same resilience? Can the data centre be expanded with minimal risk to the existing services? Can it cater for blade servers or free standing equipment?
If all these factors have been designed into the data centre; does the ongoing management of that facility take these factors into account or is that investment and resilience being negated by poorly planned installations and a lack of pro active management?
At DCS we believe that a proper data centre design is not just a case of creating a room or building and walking away. A good design will include all the peripheral areas which support the data centre. These have to be planned carefully to ensure the flow of people and equipment around the building is safe, secure and efficient.
DCS take data centre design beyond the physical building to ensure the management team and processes are in place for your new or existing data centres to maximise your investment, create a flexible infrastructure that can support your business as it grows and changes. We can train your staff to manage the data centre or provide ongoing assistance with its management.
We have seen many expensive gadgets and solutions installed in new data centres because the budget was available. Often, the products were not required, or not used correctly because the management processes were not in place and they became redundant. In some cases, even a liability.
How do you know you are spending money in the right places and not wasting it?
• Do you need intelligent patching?
• How about intelligent power strips?
• Are bio metric security systems effective?
• Should you buy proprietary server cabinets or universal ones?
• Why install large footprint server cabinets when you can fit a greater number of smaller ones in the data centre?
• Do you always need to buy an expensive solution or will the correct management process do the same job for less?.
Existing data centres
• Are you running out of space, power or cooling in the data centre?
• Have your patch frames filled up?
• Do you suffer from hot spots in your data centre?
• Does your asset register accurately reflect the equipment in the data centres?
• Not sure if you need a new data centre?
• Don’t have a data centre or NOC strategy?
