UPS<\/a>) for seamless transition to generator during utility power outages, regulate voltage, and protect against harmful power surges.\u00a0 Cooling should be N+1 (need plus one extra).\u00a0 For example, if IT equipment loads requires one 5-ton cooling unit, add another 5-ton cooling unit in case one fails.<\/p>\nIncrease Cleaning – <\/strong>Policies prohibiting liquids, cardboard, or wood crates will keep edge computing rooms clean. Spilling liquids can short out electrical equipment.\u00a0 Fiber particles from cardboard, or dust and dirt from crates damage IT equipment. Require any work that creates dust or metal shavings such as cutting and drilling to be performed outside the room. All equipment, cabinets, carts, and their wheels should be wiped down before being rolled into the room.\u00a0 Place tacky mats at the entrance to remove dirt from people\u2019s shoes and clean the floors regularly.<\/p>\nImprove Physical Security –<\/strong> Control who enters edge computing rooms using change or incident tickets and prohibit \u201cpiggy backing\u201d where authorized staff hold the door open to let unauthorized people in. \u00a0Enforce this \u201cno piggy backing\u201d policy by replacing old keypad entry systems with badge readers and sensors that alarm if two people enter under one badge swipe.\u00a0 Also install a camera facing the entrance to record who enters and exits.<\/p>\nAdd Monitoring –<\/strong> Like datacenters, edge computing rooms should be monitored to provide room temperature and humidity readings, UPS power loads, UPS battery life, entry\/exit activity and live camera footage.\u00a0 This enables quick response when issues arise.<\/p>\nWith the growing need to move data-intensive processing closer to the end user to avoid latency issues, IDF closets are serving a new mission-critical role as edge computing rooms.\u00a0 As a result, uptime within these closets is vital and requires maintenance and operations standards to be like data centers.<\/p>\n
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