Uptime Institute introduced a new data center certification system

Known to many on Habré, the Uptime Institute recently announced a new system for assessing and certifying data centers. The system is called Efficient IT Stamp of Approval. Representatives of the company presented a new development at the anniversary (tenth) Uptime Institute Symposium conference, which was held in Santa Clara, California, USA. It should be noted that this system is a two-tier one, and the main factors that are used to assess the DC are the efficiency of the infrastructure of the object and the impact of the DC on the environment.

The rating system is quite simple - now certification provides for the possibility of obtaining two categories of certificates. The first is Approved . This category of certification is assigned to those objects that fully comply with all evaluation criteria. In this case, the certificate is issued for two years, after which it must be confirmed.


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The second category, Activated , is issued to data centers that almost fully meet the criteria of the system, but there are some points that need to be improved. In other words, such a certificate is issued to a company whose data center has all the chances to improve work efficiency. The category “Activated” is assigned for a year, after which you can get “Approed”, subject to full compliance with the evaluation criteria.

The management of the Uptime Institute is confident that the Uptime Institute Efficient IT will help increase the efficiency of the DC infrastructure. At the same time, the result cannot be achieved only by purchasing new equipment - it is required to optimize both the operation of the software and the operation of the hardware infrastructure. In addition, it is required to optimize the technological processes of DC. The Uptime Institute believes that the new certification system will allow companies - owners of data centers to show their customers that the DC is fully compliant with all modern requirements, and the infrastructure of such an object is efficient, sustainable and economical.



It is worth recalling that back in 2011, the Uptime Institute launched the Uptime Institute Management & Stabilization (M & O) Stamp of Approval system, which has already been used by dozens of companies, including CenturyLink.

As for the new system, right at the conference, Kaiser Permanente, McKesson Corporation (pharmaceutical company from the USA) and CEMEX (the largest building materials producer from Mexico) expressed their desire to participate in the certification system.

The most popular and popular is the data center classification system by level of reliability, Tier Classification. Now about 500 data centers have passed certification, and the system itself is already more than 20 years old. In the 90s, the concept proposed by the Uptime Institute went from a common idea to a global standard for evaluating data centers.