CLC/TR 50600-99-1:2017

Information technology - Data centre facilities and infrastructures - Part 99-1: Recommended practices for energy management

This Technical Report is a compilation of recommended Practices for improving the energy management (i.e. reduction of energy consumption and/or increases in energy efficiency) of data centres. It is aligned with the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centre Energy Efficiency (CoC) scheme operated by the Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) of the European Commission (EC). It is recognized that the Practices included might not be universally applicable to all scales and business models of data centres or be undertaken by all parties involved in data centre operation, ownership or use.

Informationstechnik - Einrichtungen und Infrastrukturen von Rechenzentren - Teil 99-1: Empfohlene Praktiken für das Energiemanagement

Technologies de l'information - Installations et infrastructures de centres de traitement de données - Partie 99-1 : Pratiques recommandées relatives à la gestion énergétique

Informacijska tehnologija - Naprave in infrastruktura podatkovnih centrov - 99-1. del: Priporočene prakse za upravljanje z energijo

To tehnično poročilo je zbirka priporočenih praks za izboljšanje upravljanja z energijo (tj. zmanjšanje porabe energije in/ali povečanje energetske učinkovitosti) podatkovnih centrov. Skladno je s kodeksom ravnanja EU za energetsko učinkovitost podatkovnih centrov (CoC), ki ga upravlja Generalni direktorat Skupno raziskovalno središče (DG JRC) Evropske komisije (EK).
Ugotovljeno je, da vključene prakse morda niso univerzalno veljavne za vse obsege in poslovne modele podatkovnih centrov ali jih izvajajo vse stranke, ki so vključene v delovanje, lastništvo ali uporabo podatkovnih centrov.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 13-Apr-2017
• ICS: 35.020 - Information technology (IT) in general
• ICS: 35.110 - Networking
• ICS: 35.160 - Microprocessor systems
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 215 - Electrotechnical aspects of telecommunication equipment
• Drafting Committee: CLC/TC 215 - Electrotechnical aspects of telecommunication equipment
• Current Stage: 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
• Completion Date: 24-Aug-2018
• Mandate: M/462 - Standardisation mandate addressed to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI in the field of ICT to enable efficient energy use in fixed and mobile information and communication networks
• Ref Project: SIST-TP CLC/TR 50600-99-1:2017 - Information technology - Data centre facilities and infrastructures - Part 99-1: Recommended practices for energy management

Relations

• Replaces: CLC/TR 50600-99-1:2016 - Information technology - Data centre facilities and infrastructures - Part 99-1: Recommended practices for energy management
• Effective Date: 04-Oct-2016
• Replaced By: CLC/TR 50600-99-1:2018 - Information technology - Data centre facilities and infrastructures - Part 99-1: Recommended practices for energy management
• Effective Date: 28-Aug-2018

Standards Content (Sample)

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Information technology - Data centre facilities and infrastructures - Part 99-1:
Recommended practices for energy management
Informationstechnik - Einrichtungen und Infrastrukturen von Rechenzentren - Teil 99-1:
Empfohlene Praktiken für das Energiemanagement
Technologies de l'information - Installations et infrastructures de centres de traitement de
données - Partie 99-1 : Pratiques recommandées relatives à la gestion énergétique
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: CLC/TR 50600-99-1:2017
ICS:
27.015 (QHUJLMVNDXþLQNRYLWRVW Energy efficiency. Energy
2KUDQMDQMHHQHUJLMHQD conservation in general
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35.110 Omreževanje Networking
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

TECHNICAL REPORT
CLC/TR 50600-99-1
RAPPORT TECHNIQUE
TECHNISCHER BERICHT
April 2017
ICS 35.020; 35.110; 35.160 Supersedes CLC/TR 50600-99-1:2016
English Version
Information technology - Data centre facilities and infrastructures
- Part 99-1: Recommended practices for energy management
Technologies de l'information - Installations et Informationstechnik - Einrichtungen und Infrastrukturen von
infrastructures de centres de traitement de données - Partie Rechenzentren - Teil 99-1: Empfohlene Praktiken für das
99-1 : Pratiques recommandées relatives à la gestion Energiemanagement
énergétique
This Technical Report was approved by CENELEC on 2017-04-17.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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Contents Page
European foreword .3
Introduction .4
1 Scope .7
2 Normative references .7
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations .8
3.1 Terms and definitions .8
3.2 Abbreviations .11
4 Principles .12
4.1 General .12
4.2 Data centre utilization, management and planning .12
4.3 Data centre ICT equipment and services.13
4.4 Data centre cooling equipment .13
4.5 Data centre power equipment .15
4.6 Other data centre equipment .15
4.7 Data centre building .15
4.8 Data centre monitoring .16
5 Expected Practices .16
5.1 Existing data centres .16
5.2 ICT equipment (new or replacement) .22
5.3 Software install or upgrade .27
5.4 New build or refurbishment of data centres .27
6 Optional and alternative Practices .35
6.1 Existing data centres .35
6.2 ICT equipment (new or replacement) .42
6.3 Software install or upgrade .43
6.4 New build or refurbishment of data centres .44
7 Practices under consideration .49
7.1 Practices expected to be included in Clause 5 in due course.49
7.2 Practices expected to be included in Clause 6 in due course.50
Annex A (informative) Environmental classifications .51
A.1 ASHRAE classifications .51
A.2 ETSI EN 300 019-1-3 classifications .52
Bibliography .53

European foreword
This document (CLC/TR 50600-99-1:2017) has been prepared by CLC/TC 215 “Electrotechnical
aspects of telecommunication equipment” in conjunction with the Directorate-General Joint Research
Centre (DG JRC) of the European Commission (EC).
This document supersedes CLC/TR 50600-99-1:2016.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
CLC/TR 50600-99-1:2016 which it supersedes:
— by updating to recently agreed energy management practices and aligns with the 2017 edition of
the EU Code of Conduct for data centres Best Practices document.
This document aligns with the Best Practices document of the Code of Conduct for Data Centre
Energy Efficiency (CoC) scheme operated by the DG JRC and continues to be prepared by data centre
experts from operators, vendors, consultants, academics, professional and national bodies.
The publication of this Technical Report is intended to integrate recommended Practices of energy
management into the EN 50600 series of standards developed by CLC/TC 215 and also to widen
accessibility and increase participation in the CoC scheme by ensuring translation of the Best Practices
into multiple languages.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association.
Regarding the structure of the EN 50600 series, see the Introduction.
Introduction
The unrestricted access to internet-based information demanded by the information society has led to
an exponential growth of both internet traffic and the volume of stored/retrieved data. Data centres are
housing and supporting the information technology and network telecommunications equipment for
data processing, data storage and data transport. They are required both by network operators
(delivering those services to customer premises) and by enterprises within those customer premises.
Data centres need to provide modular, scalable and flexible facilities and infrastructures to easily
accommodate the rapidly changing requirements of the market. In addition, energy consumption of
data centres has become critical both from an environmental point of view (reduction of carbon
footprint) and with respect to economic considerations (cost of energy) for the data centre operator.
The implementation of data centres varies in terms of:
a) purpose (enterprise, co-location, co-hosting, or network operator facilities);
b) security level;
c) physical size;
d) accommodation (mobile, temporary and permanent constructions).
The needs of data centres also vary in terms of availability of service, the provision of security and the
objectives for energy efficiency. These needs and objectives influence the design of data centres in
terms of building construction, power distribution, environmental control and physical security. Effective
management and operational information is required to monitor achievement of the defined needs and
objectives.
This series of European Standards specifies requirements and recommendations to support the
various parties involved in the design, planning, procurement, integration, installation, operation and
maintenance of facilities and infrastructures within data centres. These parties include:
1) owners, facility managers, ICT managers, project managers, main contractors;
2) architects, consultants, building designers and builders, system and installation designers;
3) facility and infrastructure integrators, suppliers of equipment;
4) installers, maintainers.
At the time of publication of this Technical Report, EN 50600 series will comprise the following
standards and documents:
EN 50600-1, Information technology — Data centre facilities and infrastructures — Part 1: General
concepts;
EN 50600-2-1, Information technology — Data centre facilities and infrastructures —- Part 2-1: Building
construction;
EN 50600-2-2, Information technology — Data centre facilities and infrastructures — Part 2-2: Power
distribution;
EN 50600-2-3, Information technology — Data centre facilities and infrastructures —- Part 2-3:
Environmental control;
EN 50600-2-4, Information technology — Data centre facilities and infrastructures — Part 2-4:
Telecommunications cabling infrastructure;
EN 50600-2-5, Information technology — Data centre facilities and infrastructures — Part 2-5: Security
systems;
EN 50600-3-1, Information technology — Data centre facilities and infrastructures — Part 3-1:
Management and operational information;
EN 50600-4-1, Information technology — Data centre facilities and infrastructures — Part 4-1:
Overview of and general requirements for key performance indicators;
EN 50600-4-2, Information technology — Data centre facilities and infrastructures — Part 4-2: Power
Usage Effectiveness;
EN 50600-4-3, Information technology — Data centre facilities and infrastructures — Part 4-3:
Renewable Energy Factor;
CLC/TR 50600-99-1, Information technology — Data centre facilities and infrastructures — Part 99-1:
Recommended practices for energy management.
The inter-relationship of the standards within the EN 50600 series is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1 — Schematic relationship between the EN 50600 series of documents
EN 50600-2-X standards specify requirements and recommendations for particular facilities and
infrastructures to support the relevant classification for “availability”, “physical security” and “energy
efficiency enablement” selected from EN 50600-1.
EN 50600-3-X documents specify requirements and recommendations for data centre operations,
processes and management.
EN 50600-4-X documents specify requirements and recommendations for key performance indicators
(KPIs) used to assess and improve the resource usage efficiency and effectiveness, respectively, of a
data centre.
The Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (DG JRC) of the European Commission operates a
Code of Conduct for Data Centre Energy Efficiency (CoC) scheme. In support of the scheme, a “best
practices” document has been established by DG JRC. To enhance the visibility, these Best Practices
have been converted in this Technical Report to create recommended Practices for improving the
energy management (i.e. reduction of energy consumption and/or increases in energy efficiency) of
data centres.
The areas addressed are:
— physical building;
— mechanical and electrical equipment;
— computer room;
— cabinets/racks;
— ICT equipment;
— operating systems;
— virtualization;
— software;
— business practices.
The Practices are separated into Expected Practices as referenced in the CoC (see Clause 5) and
other Practices which can be employed as optional or alternative solutions in particular cases
(see Clause 6). Practices under consideration for the next or future revision/amendment of this
Technical Report are included in Clause 7. During the maintenance of this Technical Report, the
Practices of Clauses 6 and 7 might be augmented and others might migrate into Clause 5.
The Practices listed in Clauses 5, 6 and 7 are referenced as x.17.yyy where x is the clause number, 17
refers to the 2017 publication of this document
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