1. DATA CENTER
DESIGN
Advise by : Dr.Haitham El-Ghareeb
Present by : AbdulRahman Al-Dawish

2. WHAT IS DATA CENTER ?
▪ A data center (sometimes spelled datacenter) is a
centralized repository, either physical or virtual,
for the storage, management, and dissemination
of data and information .

3. BIGGEST DC IN THE WORLD
6,300,000
3,500,000
1,600,000 1,500,000
1,200,000
0
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
Range International
Information Group, China
Switch SuperNAP, USA DuPont Fabros Technology Utah Data Centre Microsoft Data Centre
http://www.cbronline.com/news/data-centre/infrastructure/top-10-biggest-data-centres-from-around-the-world-4545356

4. LET’S TAKE A TOUR THERE

5. JAPAN’S
INTERNET
BACKBONE

6. NJ2, IN NEW
JERSEY

7. MICROSOFT’S
QUINCY
WASHINGTON
DATA CENTER

8. FACEBOOK
DC, 40 MILLION NEW
PHOTOS EACH DAY – ABOUT 2,000
PHOTOS EVERY SECOND

9. OOOP’S , WHERE IS GOOGLE DC ?

10. GOOGLE DC

11. GOOGLE DC

12. GOOGLE DC

13. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
▪ Design Overview :
Power
- 110 ? OR 220 ?
- UPS ( uninterruptable power supply )
Cooling
- Many options are available, including in-row cooling, overhead cooling,
raised floor with underfloor cooling, and wall-mounted cooling.
Equipment Racking
- easy to growth .
- Racking : Take Up enough space to networking

14. ETHERNET INFRASTRUCTURE
▪ Core switch ( between customers and servers )
▪ Switches
▪ Routers
▪ Star Topology is best in DC

15. ETHERNET INFRASTRUCTURE
▪ cabling
https://www.brocade.com/content/dam/common/documents/content-types/product-design-guide/cabling-best-practices-ga-bp-036-02.pdf

16. ETHERNET INFRASTRUCTURE
▪ Cabling Tips  :
Measure twice, Cut once .
Label, Label, Label
Don’t buy cheap .
Don’t skip test .
Color code
Separate Cat5 and Power lines ( PoE )
Keep cables cool and friendly
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10-things/10-cabling-tips-to-keep-your-data-center-manageable/

17. SERVERS INFRASTRUCTURE
▪ Files servers
▪ Security servers
▪ Web servers
▪ Database servers
▪ Domain Controller

18. THE END
Feel free and ask me 