Cleaning Procedures and Equipment
B-8 StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library Installation Manual
Applications, Chapter 17). A volume of 15 CFM outside air per occupant or
workstation should sufficiently accommodate the ventilation needs of the room.
Cleaning Procedures and Equipment
Even a perfectly designed data center requires continued maintenance. Data centers
containing design flaws or compromises may require extensive efforts to maintain
conditions within desired limits. Hardware performance is an important factor
contributing to the need for a high level of cleanliness in the data center.
Operator awareness is another consideration. Maintaining a fairly high level of
cleanliness will raise the level of occupant awareness about special requirements and
restrictions while in the data center. Occupants or visitors to the data center will hold
the controlled environment in high regard and are more likely to act appropriately.
Any environment that is maintained to a fairly high level of cleanliness and is kept in a
neat and well organized fashion will also command respect from the room's
inhabitants and visitors. When potential clients visit the room they will interpret the
overall appearance of the room as a reflection of an overall commitment to excellence
and quality. An effective cleaning schedule must consist of specially designed
short-term and long-term actions. These can be summarized as follows:
Daily Tasks
This statement of work focuses on the removal of each day's discarded trash and
rubbish from the room. In addition, daily floor vacuuming may be required in Print
Rooms or rooms with a considerable amount of operator activity.
Weekly Tasks
This statement of work focuses on the maintenance of the access floor system. During
the week, the access floor becomes soiled with dust accumulations and blemishes. The
entire access floor should be vacuumed and damp mopped. All vacuums used in the
data center, for any purpose, should be equipped with High Efficiency Particulate Air
(HEPA) filtration. Inadequately filtered equipment cannot arrest smaller particles, but
rather simply agitates them, degrading the environment they were meant to improve.
It is also important that mop-heads and dust wipes are of appropriate non-shedding
designs.
Cleaning solutions used within the data center must not pose a threat to the hardware.
Solutions that could potentially damage hardware include products that are:
■ Ammoniated
■ Chlorine-based
■ Phosphate-based
Frequency Task
Daily Actions Rubbish removal
Weekly Actions Access floor maintenance (vacuum and damp mop)
Quarterly Actions Hardware decontamination
Room surface decontamination
Biennial Actions Subfloor void decontamination
Air conditioner decontamination (as necessary)
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