(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In an effort to provide greater transparency and education surrounding its Tier Classification System, the de facto international standard for evaluating a data center’s functionality and effectiveness, the Uptime Institute (www.uptimeinstitute.org) has made two major enhancements to the Tier Program: the Owners Advisory Committee and the Accredited Tier Designer curriculum.
According to the organization’s Tuesday announcement, Uptime Institute Professional Services’ has created the Owners Advisory Committee (oac.uptimeinstitute.com) to arbitrate future changes to both the “Tier Standard Topology” and the “Operational Sustainability” criteria. The Tier Standard Topology relates to already-built environments and their maintenance, and its performance in the case of an infrastructure failure. Operational Sustainability addresses other management decisions such as site selection, energy efficiency, staffing, security and work procedures.
The Accredited Tier Designer (atd.uptimeinstitute.com) program is a comprehensive training course for design professionals to enhance their understanding of the practical application of the Tiers, including misconceptions and common misapplications. The Uptime Institute plans for the ATD designation, awarded upon successful completion of an exam, to provide a substantial differentiator in the engineering services market, especially for data center projects that specify a Tier objective.
“We’ve listened carefully to what the marketplace was calling for and have delivered,” Uptime Institute Professional Services vice president Julian Kudritzki said in a statement. “These two new elements enhance the value and depth of the Institute’s Tier Program because owners will now be offered a place at the table to incorporate their perspective into the standards-setting process. Also, design professionals will be offered in-depth training and certification on how to practically apply the Tiers.”
Tuesday’s announcements are the first major improvements to the Tier system since the Uptime Institute unveiled Operational Sustainability grades more than a year ago as an enhancement of its Tier standards, defining the availability levels that lie between Tiers.
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