Data center planning

Data centre planning: professional and requirements-oriented

 

Detailed planning is the key to a successful data centre

Data centres are the control hubs of businesses and organisations. Complex architectures, operating workflows, and a variety of applications pose significant challenges for network infrastructure. The quality requirements for structured, application-neutral cabling are correspondingly high. Transmission paths and attenuation budgets must be carefully considered from the outset when designing a modern data centre.

Rosenberger OSI acts as a planner and consultant to support you throughout your project from day one – whether you are modernising your IT infrastructure, building a new data centre, extending an existing one, or relocating a data centre. Our team draws on many years of experience to analyse your IT applications, processes, and structures as a whole, working with you to develop a forward-looking IT strategy. Are you currently considering reorganising your IT infrastructure? Or perhaps you are debating whether to transfer certain elements to the Cloud, keep them on-premises, or outsource them to a colocation data centre?

Many years of cabling expertise form the basis for effective data centre planning

With over 30 years of experience, Rosenberger OSI is your trusted partner for constructing future-proof IT cabling infrastructures – regardless of scale and suitable for both enterprise and colocation environments.

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On-Premises, Colocation or Cloud?

During the process of transforming your IT, it is important to strike the right balance.

  • It is necessary to adopt a comprehensive, all-round approach in order to develop a customised, future-proof strategy
  • Certain elements of the IT infrastructure should always remain on-premises for a variety of reasons
  • Is your legacy data centre still up-to-date? Is relocation to a colocation data centre an option?
  • During your planning, have you taken account of current regulations directive on critical infrastructures? read more
 

Planning the modernisation of a data centre

A data centre is a living organism that the operator must monitor constantly and plan anew if necessary. When doing so, it is necessary to answer various questions:

  • Where, for example, is it necessary to establish new connections and eliminate old ones? Where do new cables have to be laid if new active components are added to the data centre?
  • Will additional space be required for an upcoming tech-refresh or might it even be necessary to perform a temporary parallel installation?

By planning the data carefully up-front, it is possible to eliminate the risk of any nasty surprises later.

 

Planning new data centres & data centre extensions

Professional preliminary planning is essential when establishing new data centres or extending existing ones. Key steps include:

  • Comprehensive material identification: A thorough assessment of current requirements while also factoring in potential future growth.
  • Tailored service package: At Rosenberger OSI, we collaborate with operators from the pre-sales phase, long before the actual implementation of data centre plans. This partnership results in a detailed requirements catalogue and a customised service package.
 

Planning of data centre relocation

Thought of everything? What is important for the data centre relocation!

Relocating a data centre requires meticulous planning and execution. The process can be broken down into 10 phases, including:

  • Capacity planning
  • Project organisation
  • Harmonised migration plan
  • Finalising and wrapping up tasks

Our checklist helps you avoid common pitfalls, identify potential challenges early on, and ensure that no crucial detail is overlooked during the relocation process.

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Good data centre planning is everything

We will help you design the data centre architecture that perfectly meets your needs. This includes efficient cable management, the desired level of flexibility, and the necessary reserve capacity to handle future data rate demands. We’ll present various solutions, evaluating their costs and feasibility. Our skilled team will work on-site to ensure reliability and security at every phase of your project. Rock-solid consulting. For a secure future. And a sound investment.

Architecture planning & Area planning

  • High-level network plan, including redundancy concept
  • Low-level network plan, detailing hardware components
  • Area planning, incorporating rack positioning
  • Outline cabling concept, with a redundancy plan, room-by-room layout, and fire zone considerations

Cabling planning

  • Rack layout plan, including height units of equipment
  • Cabling design that considers attenuation budgets and length restrictions
  • Translation of logical connection plans into the corresponding physical implementation, including port allocation
  • Creation of a work order list for hardware, basic IP management, and cabling
  • Provision of inputs for the Bill of Materials (BOM) in the ordering process
 

Additional services in the field of data centre planning

Once the architecture has been planned, you can additionally reserve various other services. More about our Consulting & Managed Services around the data centre

Documentation

Documentation

Seamless documentation is important for both asset and facility management and is also of great significance for reliable data centre operation.

Project accompaniment

Project accompaniment

Alongside the preparation and planning of a project, the service package also includes schedule monitoring in the procurement process as well as installation control.

 

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Any other questions?

Here you will find answers to various questions on the topic of data centre planning.

Why is it so important to plan the data cabling at an early stage?

As the bandwidth demands of modern active technologies in data centres increase, so too do the requirements for the passive infrastructure. For this reason, data cabling should be planned as early as possible, ideally alongside the power supply and air conditioning. Well-designed, efficient cabling should optimise transmission lengths and attenuation budgets while maintaining a clear, manageable, and flexible structure. Additionally, the selection of a suitable cabling concept tailored to the specific data centre must comply with standards such as EN 50173-5, EN 50174-1-2, and EN 50600-2-4.

Data center planning: individual and standardized - how does that work?

An individual development plan acts as a guiding framework during the implementation of a new data centre. This plan encompasses everything from the active components to the cabling and the necessary electrical connections. Depending on the data centre’s requirements for reliability, the fixed cabling (trunk cabling) is planned as a redundant system in compliance with EN 50600-2-4 standards and expertly installed. With Rosenberger OSI, you can rely on comprehensive, all-in-one service from a single source.

How does Rosenberger OSI support you in the fields of analysis and quality assurance?

To ensure that the existing cabling can support an upcoming bandwidth upgrade – for example, from 16 to 32 Gbit Fibre Channel – we provide proactive verification of the passive IT infrastructure using OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometry) or a BERT (Bit Error Rate Test). Additionally, we analyse the existing cabling for contamination using video microscopy.

How is it possible to ensure that quality standards are adhered to by third-party providers?

External suppliers and third-party providers are often an integral part of the data centre environment. If,for any reason, you cannot be on-site in your data centre in order to check or accept the services undertaken by your provider then we will gladly undertake this task for you as a neutral party. Within the framework of our Quality Assurance Management, we will ensure that the third-party provider adheres to your quality standards.