TDMM Chapter 18 Flashcards

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Availability

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Long term average of time that a system is in service

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Data Center

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A building whose primary purpose is to house a computer room and its support system

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HDA

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Horizontal Distribution Area
A space in a computer room whee the horizontal cross connect is located

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Information Security

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The practice of protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and resources

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MDA

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Main Distribution Area
The space in a main distribution area where the main cross connect is located

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Reliability

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The probability a given system will operate without failure

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Redundancy

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Providing secondary components that work in the event of a failure

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Name two advantages if redundancy in a data center

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  • Increases fault tolerance
  • Increases maintainability
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Name two negative consequences of adding redundant components to a data center

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  • Reduces efficiency
  • Increases losses
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What is an N Base requirement?

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A data center redundancy level indicating no redundancy

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What is N+1 redundancy?

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A data center redundancy level, provides one additional system or path

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What is N+2 redundancy?

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A data center redundancy level, provides to additional systems or paths

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What is 2N redundancy?

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Requires two redundant systems or paths for every one required

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What is 2(N+1) redundancy?

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A redundancy level, provides two complete (N+1) systems or paths

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A data center has an N+1 redundancy level, will performing maintenance on two units disrupt operations?

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Yes, N+1 allows for maintenance of a single unit

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A data center has an N+2 redundancy level, will performing maintenance on two units disrupt operations?

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No, N+2 provides enough protection to prevent disruption

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A data center has an N+2 redundancy level, will the failure of an entire unit disrupt operations?

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No, a 2N redundancy level will provide protection

18
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A data center has an N-Base redundancy level, will the failure of one path disrupt operations?

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Yes, N Base us only the minimum requirements

19
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Name four areas of concern that are used to define data center facility availability classes

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  • Component redundancy
  • system redundancy
  • quality control
  • survivability
20
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How does components redundancy increase reliability?

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By providing redundancy for components

21
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How does survivability increase reliability?

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protects against external events such as nature, security breaches etc

22
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What is the objective of availability class F0?

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To support the basic environmental and energy requirements if the IT functions without supplementary equipment

23
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What is the objective of availability class F1?

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to support the basic environmental and energy requirements if the IT functions

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What is the objective of availability class F2?

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To provide a level of reliability higher than that defined in class F1 to reduce the risk of downtime because of component failure

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which units receive redundancy in a class F2 facility?
Critical components
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What is the objective of availability class F3?
To provide additional reliability and maintainability to reduce the risk of downtown due to disaster/maintenance
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What is the objective of availability class F4?
To eliminate downtime redardless
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Name the two prime requirements of a class F4 facility
- Compartmentalization - Fault tolerance
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What is the targeted availability of a Class F4 facility?
99.999 percent
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What is the separation requirements between twisted pair and electric circuits?
2 ft
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What is the separation requirement between twisted pair and fluorescent lamps?
5 in
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Name three means of properly placing underfloor cabling
- Laying it on a suitably sealed floor - Placing it on foam matting - Raceway
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How can additional physical protection be added to cable trays that house telecommunications cabling?
Use solid trays or armored cables
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Name three negative consequences of unmanaged patch cord slack in the data center
- Blocks airflow - Slows maintenance - Harder to identify
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How is the loss or destruction of property defined?
By value of the property
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What is the most significant threat to the reliable operation of the data center?
Humans
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What are the four concentric layers for data center physical security?
- Site security - Perimeter security - Building and access control - Computer room security
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What provides the greatest opportunity to improve energy efficiency?
HVAC efficiency
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When should lighting be on in the data center?
Only when work is being performed
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Name three reasons windows and skylights should be avoided in the computer room
- Security risk - Provides minimally useful lighting - Creates heat load
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Where should lighting be installed in a data room?
above the isles