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EN 50600-Series “Data Centre Facilities & Infrastructures”

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Jens Dittrich CEO dvt Consulting AG Convener CENELEC TC 215 WG3

Objective for an EN DC Standard

Problem

• Existing standards and guidelines on DC facilities’ design are not comprehensive and/or not compatible with European or international practices.

Solution/Approach

• The new EN 50600 standard for one room to multiple building facilities, also considering the diverse DC business models with their complexities.

Jens Dittrich / dvt Consulting AG / Convener CENELEC TC 215 WG3 Data Center Forum Moscow 15.09.2015

Global Approach to the Standard

• Overall European design standards for all facilities and infrastructures of a data centre

• Developed by CENELEC, a recognized, non-profit European standardisation body

• Business-oriented design approach, to be understood and agreed across-the-board by different trades

• Takes into account availability, physical safety installations and enabling energy efficiency


The Standards of the EN 50600 Series

• address all persons dealing with data centres, such as

• owners, facility managers, ICT managers, project managers, main contractors;

• consultants, architects, building designers and builders, system and installation designers;

• suppliers of equipment;

• installers, maintainers.


What EN 50600 is not:

• no solution manual for all situations "80/20“ approach

• no special cases or special solutions fundamental principles and a wider framework of options

• no replacement for careful specialist planning and competent

realisation/operation enabling persons concerned to focus on the optimum

implementation of specific boundary conditions


Overview of the EN50600 Standard

Part 1 General Concepts

Part 2.1 Bldg Construction

Part 2.2 Power Distribution

Part 2.3 Environmental Control

Part 2.4 Cabling Infrastructure

Part 2.5 Physical Security

Part 3.2 Management

Part 3.3 Operation

Part 3.1 Overview

Part 3.1 Mgmt and Operation

Part 4.1 Overview

Part 4.2 Power Usage Effectiveness

Part 4.3 Renewable Energy Factor

Part 99-1 (TR) European CoC Data Centre Efficiency

General Operate Efficiency Best Practices Design

released or in release by 2016

work in progress

possible future developments


Status of the EN 50600 series

EN 50600-1: 2013-05 EN 50600-2-1: 2014-09 EN 50600-2-2: 2014-09 EN 50600-2-3: 2015-03 EN 50600-2-4: 2016-06

EN 50600-2-5: Final Voting, expected Q1/2016 EN 50600-3-1: Standard Approved, expected Q4/2015


EN 50600-1 General Concepts

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EN 50600-1: General Concepts (1)

• Fundamental Definitions

• Definition „Data Centre“ is based on its function, not its physical shape

• “common language“ used by all trades

• Definition of DC areas and spaces • exclusively for one data centre

• together with other users in multi-purpose buildings

• General principles for planning • Planning process

• Planning principles • Availability, EMC concept, physical security, energy efficiency


EN 50600-1: General Concepts (2)

• Design Approach from the Business Perspective

• Perform a Business Risk Analysis • Risk Analysis • Downtime Cost Analysis

• Perform an Operational Cost Analysis

• Apply local rules & regulations or energy efficiency initiatives

• Resulting Design Parameters for the entire DC

• Availability Class

• Protection Classes

• Energy Efficiency Enablement Level

• Guideline for the design of all facilities & infrastructures


Availability Classes

The business risk analysis defines the required resilience and redundancy.

Class 1 (low) Class 2 (medium) Class 3 (high) Class 4 (very high)

example for Power Distribution

Single-path (no redundancy)

Single-path (redundancy via components)

Multi-path (redundancy via systems)

Multi-path (fault tolerant incl. maintenance)

example for Environmental Control

no specific requirements

Single-path (no redundancy)

Single-path (redundancy via components)

Multi-path (redundancy via systems including maintenance)

example for Cabling

Single-path using direct connections

Single-path using fixed infrastructure

Multi-path using fixed infrastructure

Multi-path using fixed infrastructure with diverse pathways


Example Availability Classes 1


Protection Classes

The risk analysis defines the required protection measures inside the DC.

Class 1 (low) Class 2 (medium) Class 3 (high) Class 4 (very high)

example for Access Control

Public or semi-public area

Area restricted to authorised personnel and visitors.

Area restricted to specific personnel and visitors. Class 2 to be accompanied by Class 3 personnel.

Area restricted to specific personnel. Class 2 and 3 to be accompanied by Class 4 personnel.

example for Fire Safety

no specific requirements

Fire detection, alarm signalling and suppression in area. Secures DC function during fire in Class 1 area.

Fire detection, alarm signalling and suppression in area. Secures DC function during fire in Class 1 or 2 area.

Fire detection, alarm signalling and suppression in area. Secures DC function during fire in that area or elsewhere in the data centre.


Efficiency of Energy/Resources

Measuring the consumption of energy / resources • Calculation of suitable parameters (KPI): EN 50600-4-X

3 Granularity Levels • Level 1: simple information for the entire DC

• Level 2: detailed information for certain installations and infrastructures of the DC

• Level 3: granular data for individual DC elements

Fixing the required level of energy efficiency at start of planning: • Breakdown of operational costs (external regulatory or statutory

requirements, individual or user-defined rules)


Energy Efficiency Enablement


Why Energy Efficiency in the DC?

An energy-efficient data centre secures a huge economic advantage because

• the electricity costs for operating it are reduced and,

• as a consequence, air-conditioning costs are also lower;

• both plant areas (power distribution / environmental control) can therefore be designed smaller;

• so that the construction costs and the operating costs can be reduced.


Example (Germany)


• The DARZ building was formerly owned by the German Federal Bank.

• As a special design element, the building houses a vault with a total area of 550 m²!

• Project aim: Convert the building into a data centre (IT-Room space 2.300 m²) and provide modern conference rooms and office space.

Example DARZ (Germany)



The specifications of EN 50600 were fully adhered to when converting the building into a DC, both during planning and execution.

As a result,

• the data centre is rated as Availability and Protection Class 3 (TÜV Germany certified)!

• its energy efficiency is extremely high as regards all significant units required for the power supply and air conditioning.



Complying with the specifications of EN 50600 yielded considerable advantages for the builder, namely:

• An extremely secure and economical DC, resulting in a huge competitive advantage!

• Excellent example of converting an existing bank into a modern and future-oriented data centre.

• The DC has won Germany‘s Data Centre Award 2015 in the category “Overall energy efficiency in the Data Centre“


Backup

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Backup: Comparison

50600-x TIA-942A ANSI/BICSI 002

Commercial Experts

Area of application All DC installations & infrastructures

Cabling only All DC installations & infrastructures

Mainly power supply & environmental conditions

European standard Regional Applicability Applicable in Europe /

internationally (with ISO/IEC standards as

references)

USA USA International

Degree of energy efficiency

Management & operation ? ?

Applying global KPIs (ISO/IEC 30134-x) ?

Commercially neutral Independent Assessment

(Cabling only) ?

Business approach (design vs. costs)


Contact

Dipl.-Ing. Jens Dittrich (CEO) dvt Consulting AG Feldwies 1 61389 Schmitten (Germany)

phone: +49 6084 / 95990-12 mail: [email protected] www.dvt-ag.de

Convener CENELEC TC 215 WG3

"Facilities and Infrastructures Data Centre"


mailto:[email protected]

http://www.dvt-ag.de/

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