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Preventative maintenance ensures reliability and product lifecycle, reducing unplanned downtime, improving safety and decreasing energy usage etc. According to a recent article by Ponemon Institute, one minute of data center downtime now costs $7900 on average. This fact says modern data centers are supporting highly reputed websites and cloud applications.
This article will provide some important factors to be remembered while carrying out regular maintenance of data centers.
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Consulting Equipment Manuals - The instruction manual is one of the most important pieces of details provided to the customer about the equipment. Data center equipment and other hardware come with manuals outlining recommended maintenance practices and timelines. One should completely follow the instructions as recommended by the manufacturer. This prevents from warranty voiding and also helps in increasing system performance.
- Maintain up-to-date Documentation - Data center maintenance can be faster and easily manageable if one write down the steps or procedures one follows along the ongoing maintenance. It can help one to have a time check of how often they are completed and the issues that are covered along the way.
Usually, it takes a lot of time to make new employees and technicians understand the procedures carried out during the maintenance. Thus documenting all these procedures eliminates questions on how data center maintenance occurred and they can follow these documented guides.
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Test and Inspect - Performing preventive maintenance on UPS systems, batteries, power generators, switches, and routers reduces the chance of failure and gives the surety that they are functioning as expected. This step also includes visual examination of cabling and connections to make sure everything looks tidy plugged in. Cables should be labeled properly and not any bent or twist.
- Don’t Forget To Clean - Data centers need to be cleaned occasionally to maintain the health of the equipment. Cleaning services can be categorized into three types which are: Exterior Hardware Cleaning, Tops of Floor Cleaning and Underflow Plenum Cleaning. Dust gets collected in the airflow vents which create issues of overheating. Keeping the equipment clean and dust free will help the device stay last longer and perform better.
- Perform Safety Checks of Data Centers - Performing security checks don’t have a direct relationship with the performance but this act is important to make sure that infrastructure is all in good condition. Do data center doors close and lock correctly. The surveillance systems are working as desired. There should be no security breach in data centers as unauthorized access can cause damage to the system.
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