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Myth #1: We do not need to clean our data center.
TRUE if the concern is cutting down on maintenance costs.
FALSE if the concern is life of the equipment, appearance of the room and the health of your employees. |
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Myth #2: Our own people can take care of the issue.
FALSE. How well is the local janitorial crew trained on working around wires and cables? Is just firing the employee at fault going to cover the loss of revenues due to the human intervention?
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Myth #3: We are choosing only risk-free vendors.
TRUE if there is a very strict vendor selection system in place.
FALSE if the main concern is just the price for the service. |
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Myth #4: Dust under the raised floor does not affect the new servers.
FALSE if considering that dust accumulates heat and the life of constantly overheated server is shorter.
TRUE if the money for replacing servers is not a problem. |
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Myth #5: Our fire suppression system will work perfectly.
TRUE if the room was perfectly sealed and has no penetrations.
FALSE if there were penetrations in the wall or the existing penetrations were not properly sealed with firestop approved sealant.
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