However, the issue of power can be
involved in a significant number of disaster scenarios, some of them extremely subtle.
The Scenario
This manufacturing company was growing quickly during the economy boom of the
mid to late 1990s. The company directive was to ???keep up with the Joneses??? from a
technology standpoint. A well-constructed server room complied with most of today??™s
data-center standards. It was temperature and moisture controlled, physically secured,
and so on. Like most companies during that time period, this company had significant
server proliferation. Each month, it would add two or three new servers. Each new
server was implemented with care, and the integrity of the server room was always
taken into consideration. All in all, this was a quality IT organization and an impressive
server environment. Barring a physical disaster, it seemed as if no environmental disaster
could occur.
The power supplied to the entire facility assumed a certain level of growth, mostly
from the manufacturing floor. For that purpose, the power was more than sufficient.
However, no one took into account the power needs of the server room, which was
quickly becoming a full-fledged data center.
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