Selecting the right design and construction team for any facility is crucial but even more so for a data center. But the buck does not stop when the building is up. The human factor in maintaining reliability and availability in Data Centers (as reported in Schneider Electric white paper) is equally important. After all, downtime can cost your company thousands of $$$ per hour so better pay attention to properly organize the Operational phase. Top 10 mistakes listed below:
Big Mistake #1: Not including your operations team in facility design
Big Mistake #2: Relying too much on data center design
Big Mistake #3: Failure to correctly address the staffing requirement
Big Mistake #4: Failure to train and develop your talent
Big Mistake #5: Failing to consistently drill and test skills
Big Mistake #6: Failure to overlay your operations program with
documented processes and procedures
Big Mistake #7: Failure to implement appropriate processes and
Procedures
Big Mistake #8: Failure to develop and implement Quality Systems
Big Mistake #9: Failure to use software management tools
Big Mistake #10: Thinking you can build a best in breed program as
quickly as a data center