CERTIFIED DATA CENTRE SPECIALIST

Introduction

With few exceptions, enterprises today rely on IT for the

delivery of business-critical services - often directly to the end
consumer. It is therefore vital that the mission critical data
centre is designed, maintained and operated with hi-availability
and efficiency in mind. Fact is however that most data centres
do not meet the full availability, capacity, safety or efficiency
requirements often demanded.
The Certified Data Centre Specialist course is a three-day course
designed to further increase attendees to a level being a
compatible sparring partner with suppliers and they will be
able to verify offers provided by vendors for correctness,
effectiveness and efficiency. CDCS is a must have certification
for professional data centre managers and personnel. CDCS is
a pre-requisite for individuals wishing to achieve the CDCE
status.

Certified Data Centre Expert

Certified
Data
Centre
Facilities
Operations
Manager

Certified
Data
Centre
Risk
Professional

Certified
Data
Centre
Safety
Manager

Certified
IT
Manager

Certified
Data
Centre
Migration
Specialist

Certified Data Centre Professional

Data Centre Design / Build

Course Benefits
After completion of the course the attendee will be able to:
Understand the design life cycle of data centres and the
stages involved
Discuss in great level of detail requirements with vendors,
suppliers and contractors to ensure they meet the
customers requirement
Verify on the technical level design plans, quotes and
offers proposed by vendors/contractors
Understand Tier-levels for both the data
design/setup as well as maintenance tier levels

Roadmap

Certified Data Centre Specialist

Global Accreditation

Data Centre Operations / Governance

Audience

centre

Understand the various building considerations such as

bullet proofing, mitigation of seismic activity, fire ratings
and thermal stability
Understand how to build up a raised floor meeting
requirements to avoid misalignment, level differences
and leakage
Understand how to read a Single Line Electrical Diagram
being able to identify the most common design issues
made
Choose the correct UPS and parallel configuration, learn
how to avoid classic mistakes when installing systems in
parallel

The primary audience for this course is an IT, facilities or

Data Centre Operations professional working in and
around the data centre and having the responsibility to
achieve and improve hi-availability and manageability of
the Data Centre.

Understand how to calculate battery banks enabling you

to double check offered configurations to ensure it meets
the customers requirements

Prerequisites

Understand the fundamental cooling setup, CFM, Delta-T

and other important factors

Participants must hold a valid CDCP certificate in order

to be able to register for the CDCS class.

Understand what distance to keep to avoid EMF issues for

human safety and equipment disturbances

Understand contamination factors and limitations

Understand full details of fire suppression options, how to
calculate gas content and verify installations
Understand how to measure data centre energy efficiency
and how to improve it

Course Syllabus
Data Centre Design / Life Cycle Overview
Overview of the phases of a data centre life cycle
Planning, re-alignment and continuous improvement
Tier Levels
History of tier level definitions
Tier level definitions, categories and measure points
Redundancy options
Maintenance options
Operational processes guidelines/standards
Skill development
Building Considerations & Standards
Floor loading requirements
Fire rating for walls and glass
Blast protection
Bullet proofing
Forced entry protection
Advanced Raised Floor & Suspended Ceiling
Raised floor installation guidelines to ensure contractors
install a proper closed and levelled raised access floor
Choosing the right tiles and their locations
Seismic mitigating floor constructions
Choosing the correct suspended ceiling
Advanced Power
Power infrastructure layout;
Formulas which you should know for the data centre
Single Line Electrical diagrams; how to read to ensure
key components are present for protection
Over current protection devices (MCB/MCCB/VCB/ACB/Fuses)
definitions and what to use where
Earth Leakage devices (RCB/RCD/ELCB/GFCI/ALCI/RCBO),
definitions and what to use where
Lightning strikes and surge protection devices (TVSS/
SPD), how they operate, where to use and how to install
Power cabling and cable run considerations
PDU/DB setup and minimum requirements
Generators;
Component make up
Choosing the required device
Calculate required fuel storage tank capacity
Paralleling of gen-sets
Regulatory requirements
UPS Systems;
Required specifications for UPS systems
How to read data sheets and select the correct UPS
Requirements for parallel configurations and avoid pitfalls
such as single point of failures
How parallel installation should be done, classic mistakes
made by installers and how to avoid these
Harmonic Filters;
Type of filters available and which one to select depending
on the application
Battery Banks;
Designing battery banks, how to calculate, and double
check the battery bank to be installed
Battery charging pitfalls and ensuring the right charger
is being installed and used
Using parallel battery banks; how to properly install them,
limitations and risk when using batteries in parallel
How to test batteries correctly and make decisions on
cell/block or string replacement
Battery casing choices; ABS, V0, V1, V2
Alternative energy storage; flywheel, re-useable cell etc.

Advanced Electro Magnetic Fields

Differences between single, three phase and bus-bar EMF
Options available to measure EMF and how to interpret
the results from single axe and composite measurements
Guidance on safe distance for equipment and humans
Calculation of EMF attenuation factor for shielding
material permeability and saturation factors
Advanced Cooling
Important definitions; dry-bulb, wet-bulb, dew-point,
RH, sensible- and latent heat
Environmental class definitions and thermal specifications
Differences in tile surface and supporting structure and
the flow performance impact
Rack door construction and the flow performance impact
Equipment Delta-T and its impact
Thermal units conversions
Calculations for air volume displacement (CFM/CMH)
Cooling capacity calculations
Air-conditioning selection
De- / humidifying options
Air conditioning efficiency
Redundancy guidelines for air-conditioners avoiding
classic misconceptions and mistakes for meeting Tier
compliant designs
Installation requirements
Set points and calibration
CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)
Advanced Fire Protection
Fire triangle and elements to stop a fire
Detection systems in detail (VESDA, VIEW, Smoke sensors)
Considerations for installation of sensors
Difference in water based systems i.e. dry-pipe, pre-action
and why most of them don't work and how to detect this
Details on Inert, Halocarbon, fluorinated systems and how
to select the correct gas for your data centre
How to calculate the gas content ensuring the appropriate
level is installed to suppress the fire
Other requirements for gas systems (release times, hold
times, pipe install requirements and other important factors
Requirements for the fire panel
Installation verification, what to check and how
New fire suppression techniques which prevents fires from
igniting
Cable Management
In rack power and network cabling
Labelling based on TIA-606
Environmental Specifications
Acoustic noise regulations, specifications, effects and limits
Data centre contaminations and classifications
Measurements, standards and limits
Preventive measures and avoidance
Electro Static Discharge (ESD)
Data Centre Efficiency
Power efficiency indicators
How to measure it and what are acceptable numbers
compared to the general industry
How to achieve power savings in the data centre; various
techniques to save energy in all parts of the data centre
i.e. application/system level, cooling, power distribution
Mock Exam
EXAM: Certified Data Centre Specialist

EPI Data Centre Framework

Governance & Management Administration
ISO/IEC-38500

The Professional Engineers Board Singapore (PEB) is a

statutory board in the Ministry of National Development.
PEB was established since 1971 under the Professional
Engineers Act. PEBs Mission is to safeguard life, property,
and welfare of the public by setting and maintaining
high standards for registering professional engineers,
and by regulating and advancing the practice of professional
engineering.

ANSI/TIA-942

Data Centre Location

BCM

ISO-22301

Organizational Resilience

ISO/IEC-20000

Physical Infrastructure

ISO/IEC-24762

Facilities Management

ISO/IEC-90001

EN-15221

BC/DR

ICT Infrastructure
Building Management

ISO/IEC-14000 - ISO-50001

ISO/IEC-20000

PRINCE-2 / PMBOK

ISO/IEC-27001

EXIN, is a global, independent and not-for-profit examination

provider. EXIN's mission is to improve the quality of the
IT and Data Centre sectors, the proficiency of IT and Data
Centre professionals and the IT users, by means of
independent testing and cer tification. EXIN offers
candidates the opportunity to take examinations at a
time and place of their choice. Every day, EXIN examinations
are taken in more than 125 countries on six continents,
and in more than 15 languages.

Customer

Global Accreditation

ICT Services Management

Environmental Sustainability

TC-260

Monitoring / Reporting / Control

Organization

Project Management

Attendees who successfully pass the exam will receive

the official Certified Data Centre Specialist certificate.
Certification is valid for a three years period after which
the student needs to re-certify. More information on
re-certification and verification of the current status of
certification can be found on the EPI corporate website,
http://www.epi-ap.com.

Our courses are available in a wide variety of countries in

all continents. For course scheduling visit the EPI corporate
website at http://www.epi-ap.com or contact your local
authorized reseller/partner.

ISO/IEC-18000

Certification

Course scheduling

Security Management

Certification exam papers can be taken in paper based

format at the end of the last day of the course, or online
via an authorised training partner, depending on the
country in which the course is delivered. The exam is a
one and a half hour, 60 questions, multiple choice and
closed book exam. The attendee needs to have 45 out of
60 questions correct in order to pass the exam. Results of
the exam will be communicated to the attendee within
four weeks following the examination.

Candidates with a desire to become a Data Centre expert

are recommended to take the CDCE course. CDCE
prepares participants to run a project required to scope,
plan, design, implement, and retire or move a mission
critical Data Centre up to Tier Level 4. CDCE builds
upon knowledge gained in CDCP and CDCS courses.
Participants who pass the exam will join the industries
elite Data Centre project design experts. Participants
must possess a valid CDCS certificate for admission to
the CDCE course. Candidates who desire to gain a deep
understanding on risk management are recommended
to take the CDRP course. CDRP focuses on the core
processes of managing risk in the data centre and/or IT
and is based on the leading standards in the industry. For a
full course outline of these courses visit the EPI corporate
website, http://www.epi-ap.com

ISO/IEC-20000

Examination

Recommended next course

Safety Management

EPI courses are lectured by certified trainers. CDCS is an

instructor-led course that uses a combination of presentation
lectures and question and answer sessions, to discuss
attendees specific needs and issues experienced in their
own environment. Attendees are able to tap into the
trainers extensive experience to enable them to solve
practical problems in their current environment, thus
adding tremendous value.

Service Level Management

Delivery structure

ANSI/TIA-942 - ISO/IEC-24762

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The EPI Data Centre Framework provides Data Centre

Investors/Owners/Operators with a Data Centre Ecosystem
addressing all disciplines of a structured and fully managed
Data Centre. The Framework addresses not only the site
selection, design and outfitting of its physical facilities
but it also includes the governance and all processes
required to organize and operate a Data Centre which
meets the business requirements of its Customers. For
more information visit http://www.epi-ap.com

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Authorised Reseller/Partner:

Asia/Pacific Headquarters:

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The Company

EPI Singapore is a British origin company operating world-wide via direct operations and a large partner network. EPIs focus is
on mission critical, hi-availability, environments. We have gained an international reputation as a company offering an extensive
range of data center infrastructure services including consultancy, audit, certification and training. We have developed an
international reputation for high quality technical expertise, flexibility, innovative techniques, personal service, and a powerful
combination of capabilities and technologies.
All our services are aimed at helping our customers to:
Increase Availability of their mission critical infrastructure
Improve Efficiency, Effectiveness and Manageability
Minimize risk of business interruption
All our clients have one thing in common the need to protect their valuable data, run their mission critical infrastructure
efficiently and be protected on a 24 x 7 basis. In protecting its customers, EPI is committed to an intensive program of
comprehensive services development backed by engineering and support excellence.
Quality Systems and Procedures have been carefully created and adapted at every stage to ensure consistent and high
quality services. We are known for our thoroughness, flexibility and responsiveness of our project management. We work hard
to provide unique solutions that fit each organization and project, with an ethos to deliver quality on time, every time.

Let us put our expertise to work for you!

Data Centre Services
Consultation
- Data Centre Design Validation
- Data Centre Design Evaluation
- Data Centre Review / Independent Second Opinion
Audit and Certification
- ANSI/TIA-942
- SS507
- ISO/IEC-24762
- ISO/IEC-27001
- ISO/IEC-20000
Survey and Assessment
- Power Quality
- Cooling
- EMF
- Thermo Scanning
- Physical Security
- Customized Surveys