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❯❯ PURE POWER // FALL 2008 28 ideas & innovations outsourcing become an attractive alternative. Once the government users have gone beyond their issue of how to get a data center, the next decision-making and policy overlays are there to confound them further. How will we pay these extraordinary power bills and meet our mandates for a “greener” society? How, too, will our information remain safe from natural disaster, deliberate forms of criminal activity or terrorism, the inevitable shortfalls of the systems that compose the data center, and the people that operate and maintain it? Let’s dig deeper. WHAT IS RELIABILITY? The strict requirements of operational conditions imposed by speciﬁc government operaThe correct methodology can simplify and speed up the process for establishing a fully functional data center. tions add more facets to the equation. These conditions are related to the security umbrella ity. It took several years to develop, For the ﬁrst time in Article 708, encompassing our nation’s activities test, and verify these concepts with the NEC is beginning to address the at home and abroad. Talking to a data positive results realized in the weapon reliability issue. This is the result center facilities manager about the system community. of the Dept. of Homeland Security’s concept of reliability typically yields In later years, the government made requests to address critical operation a variety of responses indicating that it the commercial community’s responsystems (COPS) and how to surthere is a basic lack of understandsibility to grow and propagate these vive both natural and man-made ing of not only what it is but how to concepts and eventually abolished disasters. The U.S. Army Corps of effectively apply the concept. Note most of the Military Speciﬁcations and Engineers Power Reliability Enhancethat reliability here is referenced with Standards. As the facilities commument Program (PREP) has produced a small “r.” It indicates a probabilnity matured, it began to grasp these more than 15 army technical manuity of occurrence numeric, whereas concepts and apply them to a daily als supporting the reliability concept reliability with a capital R is an umregiment leading to a resurgence of for government operations. The list brella term addressing random-access reliability. This resurgence in reliabilgoes on, but one can see the realizamemory. ity concepts also is fueled by the green tion of applying reliability is gaining So just how important is relimovement, which is helping to design interest. ability? Organizations such as IEEE, and operate facilities with the smallest The biggest problem with addressNFPA, and the U.S. Army Corps of carbon footprints possible. ing reliability is terminology and Engineers, have created a variety of deﬁnitions. Reliability is possibly documentation deﬁning, describthe most misused term in the faciling, and qualifying reliability as an STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS ity world. So then how does one go important concept in the daily operaThe opportunity for designing for high about discussing reliability issues tions of government facilities. IEEE availability and reliability is greatest among people with different underhas devoted a book to reliability, when designing a new facility. By apstandings of the word? called the “Gold Book,” in which it plying an effective reliability strategy, The components of reliability are introduces basic concepts and apmodeling the systems, designing for statistically based and include reliplications supporting the application maintainability, and ensuring that ability, availability, and maintainabilof reliability. manufacturing and commissioning do www.purepowermagazine.com http://www.purepowermagazine.com

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