IT Examiner School eBook

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Data Center Walk-Through Environmental Controls • Computer room should have temperature between 55- and 75-degrees Fahrenheit. • Humidity should be between 20 and 80 percent. • Temperature & humidity monitors • Data Center Walk Through • Log of temperature & humidity • Alerts • Fire Suppression • Fire extinguishers • Fire suppression systems in place (Dry pipe, Halon, FM-200 etc.)

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Data Center Redundancy and Environmental Control Challenges: • No backup generator • Generator dependency on fuel • Fire suppression limited by building codes • Proximity to primary data center • Power and telecom diversity • Inadequate security