Four magic weapon of good operation and maintenance data center

For data centers, the importance of operations is self-evident, and operations management is the longest-running phase in the data center lifecycle. Data center operation is mainly to the data center management objects of the system planning, organization, coordination and control, is the information system services related to the management of the general term, including the maintenance of the computer room environment infrastructure, system and data maintenance, management tools use, personnel management and so on. Invest in a huge data center, in order to be able to get the benefits as soon as possible, you need to work more on operations, do not enter the "first-class equipment, second-rate design, three-flow operation," the bad operation, high-quality data center operation is very important. So how to improve the operation and maintenance level of data center, this paper puts forward the four magic weapon of the data center operation and maintenance work, doing well these four aspects of the work will make the data center always run in the best state, for the data center to create the greatest benefit.

Magic 1: Engineering documents

        documentation is important for data center operation. Including data center installation, configuration, optimization, networking, device interconnection and other aspects, through these documents can be familiar with the operation of the data center, in the event of a failure to quickly troubleshoot, to find the point of failure. The document also has an important role to play in the inheritance of work, when a person leaves, he just left the work of the document, the other person handover work is very easy. There is also the accumulation of work experience documentation. Although a variety of data centers are similar, basically rely on server, network and storage Big three conquer, but each data center has its own style, its advantages and disadvantages. Through the data center operation and output of various technical documents, will be convenient for later people, and can improve the overall data center operation and maintenance capabilities. Data Center Documentation Wuhua Eight, you don't know when any of these documents will come in handy. Based on previous experience, the data center documents mainly focus on three types: one is the data center internal architecture document, such as: Network introduction, Device interconnection, IP distribution, Air conditioning system, electromechanical system, cabling system, etc., the second is the data center management documents, such as: Computer room management system, machine room on duty and handover system, Room inspection system, equipment operating standard system, security protection system and so on. Third, data center transformation, optimization of engineering documents. such as: Upgrade guide book, Network change plan, emergency measures guidance, software fallback program and so on. Four is the experience document of data center operation and maintenance. For example: network interruption problem analysis, the existing computer room environment assessment, if the business does not lose packet switching and so on. With these documents, even a newcomer can do the data center maintenance and get started quickly. In fact, not only for the data center of this industry, any other industry, any work is so, develop a good habit of exporting documents, for themselves also for others to provide convenience, can greatly improve work efficiency.

Magic 2: Business backup

        Data center business requirements run continuously 24 hours a year, but data center failures are not possible, and even some data centers are performing a variety of failures almost every day. A data center with hundreds of thousands of devices, a bad server or a port every day is a normal thing, which requires us to have a backup of the data business. Small to server, network to storage, big to data center, need to have backup, contain software backup and hardware backup. With backup, you can make business adjustments in a timely manner when the data center is running a problem, ensuring uninterrupted business or short interruptions. Today's data centers can be a multi-datacenter backup, even if one of the data centers collapsed, the business can be successfully taken over by other data centers, continue to operate normally, so long as the world is not the end of the day, the construction of multiple data centers in different locations, can guarantee the long-term stable operation of data center business. Business Backup is a huge system engineering, involving all aspects, any one link has some backup technology, in the data center can not deploy backup technology anywhere, it will make the data center cost too much, the design is too complex, but no backup is certainly not, this need to find a balance between the two. In any case, business backup is indispensable in the data center.

Magic 3: Online monitoring

Data center operations are dynamic and are changing every moment of the day. We can not predict what will happen in the future, even if every link has a backup, but also need to have the means of monitoring to ensure that the business to switch to a functioning device. is essential for data center online monitoring. On-line monitoring including network management monitoring, server operation status monitoring, air conditioning system monitoring, computer room environment monitoring and so on, when found abnormal, even if the alarm notify operations personnel, or software automatically enable the backup system, ensure that the data center continues to run stably. Online monitoring is the guarantee of trouble-free operation of the data center, and effective online monitoring can reduce the impact on the business when data center failures occur.

Magic 4: Cycle inspection

As the saying goes "Prevention", for the daily cycle of data center inspection is indispensable. Through the cycle inspection, the timely detection of some operational risks, and then eliminate, can greatly reduce the data center of the possibility of serious failure. Cycle inspection can include the inspection of various equipment, environmental inspection, power supply, air-conditioning equipment inspection, fill in daily inspection record table, maintenance records, Operation table and so on. Through the previous recorded data for comprehensive analysis, once some of the data fluctuations or anomalies, should take effective measures in time to avoid problems caused by failure. Through the cycle of inspection can also have a comprehensive understanding of the entire data center, once the system transformation or expansion and other work, with the earlier inspection data reference, the formulation of the transformation or expansion plan is more targeted. Do not assume that cycle inspection is just the basic parameters of the operation of some equipment, and through these parameters can see the entire data center running state. For a newly engaged in operation and maintenance of the novice, through the cycle of inspection can quickly understand the data center of all aspects, independent maintenance work.

Engineering documents, business backup, on-line monitoring, cycle inspection is four important aspects of data center operation and maintenance work, only do these four aspects of work, can let the data center to maintain long-term stable operation, and can produce good benefits, data center operation and maintenance level of the main embodiment, with the four magic weapon, will make data center lifelong benefit. Technical Exchange plus q;451114649

Four magic weapon of good operation and maintenance data center