Data Centre Management

Course aim

To effectively manage data centre infrastructure and operations to meet business requirements.

 

Course content

Data centre standards and best practices.
Data centre design, location and construction including flooring, ceiling, rack selection and cabling with consideration of availability and redundancy.

Facility requirements including light, power and cooling infrastructures, water supply, and fire suppression addressing Green IT within regulatory requirements.

Data centre networking.

Data centre monitoring, auditing and reporting.

Capacity planning and scalability.

Disaster recovery planning.

Documentation and labelling.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
INFT 3019	Network Architecture

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Workshop	2 hours x 13 weeks
Computer Practical	1 hour x 13 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External	N/A x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment, Continuous assessment, Examination

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.