Maintaining Mission Critical Systems in a 24/7 Environment

Peter M. Curtis 지음

Wiley-IEEE Press 2007년 04월 13일 출간

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The latest tested and proven strategies to maintain business resiliency and sustainability for our ever-growing global digital economyHere is a comprehensive study of the fundamentals of mission critical systems, which are designed to maintain ultra-high reliability, availability, and resiliency of electrical, mechanical, and digital systems and eliminate costly downtime. Readers learn all the skills needed to design, fine tune, operate, and maintain mission critical equipment and systems. Practical in focus, the text helps readers configure and customize their designs to correspond to their organizations' unique needs and risk tolerance. Specific strategies are provided to deal with a wide range of contingencies from power failures to human error to fire. In addition, the author highlights measures that are mandated by policy and regulation.The author of this text has worked in mission critical facilities engineering for more than twenty years, serving clients in banking, defense, utilities, energy, and education environments. His recommendations for maintaining essential operations are based on firsthand experience of what works and what does not.Most chapters in this text concentrate on an individual component of the mission critical system, including standby generators, automatic transfer switches, uninterruptible power supplies, and fuel, fire, and battery systems. For each component, the author sets forth applications, available models, design choices, standard operating procedures, emergency action plans, maintenance procedures, and applicable codes and standards. Extensive use of photographs and diagrams illustrates how individual components and integrated systems work.With the rapid growth of e-commerce and 24/7 business operations, mission critical systems have moved to the forefront of concerns among both private and public operations. Facilities engineers, senior administrators, and business continuity professionals involv

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Foreword.Preface.Acknowledgments.1. An Overview of Reliability and Resilience in Today&-s Mission Critical Facilities.1.1 Introduction.1.2 Risk Assessment.1.3 Capital Costs Versus Operation Costs.1.4 Change Management.1.5 Testing and Commissioning.1.6 Documentation and Human Factor.1.7 Education and Training.1.8 Operation and Maintenance.1.9 Employee Certification.1.10 Standard and Benchmarking.2. Policies and Regulations.2.1 Executive Summary.2.2 Introduction.2.3 Industry Regulations and Policies.2.3.1 U.S. Patriot Act.2.3.2 The National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets.2.3.3 U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC).2.3.4 Sound Practices to Strengthen the Resilience of the U.S. Financial System.2.3.5 Federal Real Property Council (FRPC).2.3.6 Basel II Accord.2.3.7 Sarbanes&~Oxley (SOX).2.3.8 NFPA 1600.3. Mission Critical Facilities Engineering.3.1 Introduction.3.2 Companies&- Expectations: Risk Tolerance and Reliability.3.3 Identifying the Appropriate Redundancy in a Mission Critical Facility.3.4 Improving Reliability, Maintainability, and Proactive Preventative Maintenance.3.5 The Mission Critical Facilities Manager and the Importance of the Boardroom.3.6 Quantifying Reliability and Availability.3.6.1 Review of Reliability Versus Availability.3.7 Design Considerations for the Mission Critical Data Center.3.8 Mission Critical Facility Start-Up.3.9 The Evolution of Mission Critical Facility Design.4. Mission Critical Electrical Systems Maintenance.4.1 Introduction.4.2 The History of the Maintenance Supervisor and the Evolution of the Mission Critical Facilities Engineer.4.3 Internal Building Deficiencies and Analysis.4.4 Evaluating Your System.4.5 Choosing a Maintenance Approach.4.6 Standards and Regulations Affecting How Safe

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저자(글) Peter M. Curtis

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Peter M. Curtis, MS, is the Founder of Power Management Concepts, LLC. He has more than twenty years' experience in mission critical facilities engineering, advising clients in banking, defense, utilities, energy, and education industries.