CHECKLIST

Datacenter Assessment
The Netmagic team has compiled this Datacenter Assessment Checklist to help you evaluate,
compare and select datacenter facilities to meet your hosting, business continuity and disaster
recovery needs. Based on industry best practices and our experience delivering hosting and
support for business-critical applications, we have identified major criteria that reflect 'best-in-
class' Internet Datacenter standards. We hope that the checklist will help you identify the
datacenter that best suits your needs.
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Facility Criteria
Building Location Risks Yes No

Flood: 100-year flood zone or better

Electromagnetic Interference: Not near high tension

Aircraft: Not in/near flight path

Accessibility: redundant access roads

Vendor Stability Yes No

Financial Stability

Stability of/Commitment to Data Center Line of Business

Fault Tolerance
Multiple independent points of entry Yes No

Internet

Phone

Electrical

Gas (if applicable)

n+2 Air Conditioning

n+2 backup generators

Generators assume full load in 90 seconds?

Fire suppression (multiple layers)

Redundant power all the way to the cabinet

Batteries can power facility for 15 min +

Power switching gear N+1

Fuel for full load 48 hours+

Fuel stored underground

Network Yes No

Redundant gateway routers

Redundant aggregation/customer switches

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Multiple providers Yes No

Internet

Phone

Commercial Power

Security/Safety Yes No

Locked cabinets or cages

Controlled access to datacenter floor

Defined customer datacenter floor access procedures

Parking/drive-up protection/distance from raised floor

Security presence on-site 24/7

Closed circuit video surveillance

CCTV recorded and stored for at least 30 days

Biometric scanners

Zoned fire protection system

Fire protection above and below floor

Water not stored in pipes for fire protection

Manual fire extinguishers for manual intervention

Construction & Maintenance Yes No

Raised floor

Wind survivability

Water infiltration protection (if applicable)

No commercial kitchen/cafeteria under same roof

Plumbing not routed over/through raised floor

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Capacity/Scalability Yes No

Physical/rack space for growth

Available Internet bandwidth

Allowable floor load per square foot (more is better)

Engineered power per square foot (more is better)

Core Services Standards/Professionalism Yes No

Under-floor wiring "neatness

Scheduled proactive testing - Batteries

Scheduled proactive testing - Generators

Load Bank for Generator testing

Scheduled proactive testing - Backup HVAC systems

Scheduled proactive testing - Rack Power

Facilities (temp, power, etc.) alarms

24/7 NOC

SAS 70 Type II certification

Facility SLAs Yes No

Internet Availability

Facility Availability

Facility Track Record Yes No

Facility down time in past 10 years (or since new)

Achievement of SLA goals in past year

Services Options Availability

Colocation

Managed Hosting (Facility Provider)

Managed Hosting (Alternate Provider(s))

Selective/A la Carte Hosting Services (Facility Provider)

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Yes No

Managed Hosting (Alternate Provider(s))

Selective/A la Carte Hosting Services (Facility Provider)

Selective/A la Carte Hosting Services (Alternate Provider(s))

Remote Hands (Facility Provider)

Remote Hands (Alternate Provider(s))

Equipment Lease - Servers

Equipment Lease - Network Equipment

Business Yes No
"Name Brand" for end customers

Cross-referral/partnership potential

Prior (positive) relationship

Pricing Yes No

Rack Space

Bandwidth

Remote Hands (Hourly)

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