Undergraduate Admission
    Graduate Admission

    Data Center Management, IT-M 576

    About this Course:
    This course is an in-depth examination of best practices in the management of enterprise data centers. Topics include data center consolidation; data center maintenance; server and network management methods and tools; budget and finance; service-level agreements; managing data center personnel and staff; and disaster recovery.

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    Prerequisites:
    IT-M 535 Data Center Architecture or equivalent knowledge or experience required for enrollment.

    Expected Outcomes:
    Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:

    • Understand the operational role and responsibilities of a Data Center Manager in a modern Data Center
    • Know about how to design a modern Data Center, and how to participate on projects that involve Data Center repairs, enhancement or upgrades
    • Discuss and describe the business drivers and constraints that influence Data Center design and construction
    • Understand and communicate with Architects, Engineers, Facilities and Contractors during the management and possible enhancement of a Data Center or a Data Center upgrade or expansion
    • Describe the most critical issues and components that affect the design and operation of production Data Centers
    • Understand Data Center Economics and the financial drivers that impact the design, construction and operation of modern Data centers, and communicate these as part of a project delivery process
    • Understand issues related to Data Center safety, security as well as some of the compliance frameworks that help document and ensure that organizations are in compliance
    • Identify and determine the importance and usefulness of new trends and technologies that will affect the design and operations of modern Data Centers

    Course Outline:

    • Introduction to Data Center Management, Computing and Data Center History, Data Center Design Lifecycle
    • Data Center Planning: Build Projects, Location, Facility Space Usage, Floorspace, Layout and Network Cabling
    • Data Center Planning: Racks, Cabling, and Zone Distribution
    • Service Management and Service Management Frameworks
    • Data Center Management Tools and Data Center Tools and Reporting
    • Capital Expenditure and Operational Expenditure Budgets, Data Center Economics and Vendor Management
    • Data Center Project Management, Asset Management
    • Data Center Power, Backup Power
    • Data Center Cooling
    • Data Center Safety, Data Center Security, and Compliance Frameworks
    • Data Center Audits, Data Center Networking, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
    • The Life of a Data Center Professional, Future Technology Directions and Their Impacts on the Data Center
    • Data Center Modules
    • Tiny, Small, Medium, and Enormous Data Centers
    • Interviewing a Data Center Professional
    • Data Centers and the Cloud

    Course Details:
    Grading/CEU award for this course includes assignments, exams and paper.

    CEU:
    4.0

    Instructor:
    William F. Slater