Data center design & enterprise networking

Today’s enterprise networks and data centers have become very complex and havecompletely integrated themselves into every facet of their represented organization.Organizations require Internet facing services and applications to be available at anypart of the day or night. These organizations have realized that with centralizedcomputing and highly available components, their technological presence withcustomers can be greatly enhanced. The creation of an infrastructure supportingsuch high availability takes numerous components and resources to functionoptimally. When an organization makes the decision to design a data center, theyutilize resources to provide insight into what components to deploy. Much of thisinformation is based off of recommendations made by third party vendors or limitedpast experiences. This research provides a course offering as a solution to helpprovide students with the information to design and comprehend the majorcomponents within a modern data center. The information included in the courseoffering has been compared with industry accepted standards and various otherresources to provide reliable and accurate information. Course topics have beenarchitected around eight major topics. These topics covered are network design,electrical systems, HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) systems,security, management, redundancy, disaster recovery and site planning. Theinformation contained within the lectures has been compiled from multiple sources toprovide a single location for information. Furthermore, the course offering will utilizeclass discussions, case study analysis and activities to re-enforce key points.Providing such a course for students to learn about data center components willprovide organizations with the ability to rely less on outside information and designscalable data centers that can provide years of growth.