Embed Data Center Solutions Data Center Solutions. Data Center SolutionsData Center Solutions G raybar D ata Center Solutions 1-800-G RAYB A R graybar.com 71229Covers.indd 1 4/9/07 11:23:36 PM. Data centers in the telecommunications industry have traditionally been viewed as the central location for the data-carrying network and voice system or network. While this still holds true, in recent years the data center has evolved into a much more sophisticated portion of the building infrastructure. The data center contains the information backbone of a business comprised of the Network–Critical Physical Infrastructure, or NCPI. The NCPI is made up of several elements such as cabling, power, racks and physical structure, cooling, re, security and safety, management systems and services. While containing such critical elements of the building infrastructure, the data center must be designed to respond to growth as well as advances in equipment, standards and bandwidth demands while still maintaining reliability and manageability.
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) recently released the TIA/EIA–942 standard. This is viewed as a major breakthrough for the telecom industry, in that it provides speci cations for data center telecommunications, cabling, pathways and spaces.
The standard deals primarily with telecommunications, but a large part of this document deals with other facility requirements. A major portion of the data center is the data- carrying network. At the heart of this data network is the cabling system.
Companies today are focusing more attention on their cabling systems from the data center, to the of ce, to the factory oor in order to prevent downtime and slowness due to lack of headroom and performance margin while maximizing their network investment. With this in mind, the cabling system and infrastructure has to be designed to accommodate growth and redundancy. Downtime due to infrastructure changes is far too costly in today’s business environment. With business applications now running over IP, the capacity and performance of legacy cabling systems are in question. Realizing the need for higher bandwidth cabling systems, companies are investing in 1 GB and even 10 GB solutions for current and future data center needs. This guide was developed in an effort to assist you in developing a complete solution for your data center project.
It contains products from industry- leading Graybar suppliers for your enclosures and pathway components, power and protection, grounding, security and environmental monitoring, connectivity, and testing and troubleshooting solution requirements. We hope you nd the Data Center Solutions guide helpful. Data Center Solutions Introduction 71229Covers.indd 2 4/4/07 3:53:30 PM. Enclosures, Racks & Pathway Components APC.
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21 Hubbell. 22-23 Specifi ed Technologies, Inc. 24-25 Belden. See page 123 Power, Cooling & Protection APC. 26-31 Wiremold.
32 Leviton. 34-38 Geist. 39 Schneider Electric/Square D. 40-41 Hubbell.
42-45 Minuteman. 46-49 Grounding PANDUIT. 50-53 Security & Monitoring APC.
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