October 2009 - Topg-ssf - mailman3.cels.anl.gov

Brown Bag- Facility Management of the SSF
by Craig Stacey 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

The following meeting has been modified: Subject: Brown Bag- Facility Management of the SSF Organizer: "Craig Stacey" <stace(a)zimbra.mcs.anl.gov> Time: 12:00:00 PM - 1:00:00 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central [MODIFIED] Recurrence : The second Tuesday of every 1 month(s). End after 12 occurrence(s). Effective Nov 10, 2009. Invitees: topg-ssf(a)lists.mcs.anl.gov *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Held second Tuesday of every month. These monthly meetings are intended for all personnel that will be working in the SSF; to become more orientated with the facility. Collier's, Mike Jackson will lead this series of meetings. Meeting will take place in one of the breakout rooms in TCS conference center.

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Datacenter Upgrades
by Craig Stacey 21 Oct '09

21 Oct '09

Judy/Jim, The following is a list of improvements required and/or requested for the datacenter. 1) Fire Suppression Upgrades: The following changes are requested for the fire suppression system in the TCS Datacenter. Changes labeled "If possible" are less critical, and will depend on the cost to perform them. * Required: Incorporate a full power shut-off before any water flows. At present, an alarm can result in water spraying in the room while power supplies, outlets, CDUs and PDUs are energized. A shutoff to all power in the SSF should occur before any water is released. Any water in the pipes while there are energized PDUs is a significant safety hazard. * Required: Change triggering system to require two VESDA high alarms in two different zones in the room instead of one. At present, a single VESDA unit entering high alarm will trigger an air handling shutoff and pre-load the sprinkler system with water. Instead, two VESDA units should be in high alarm before this can occur. * If possible: Do not fill water pipes until sprinkler point is hit. At present, water is filled into the sprinkler system at the high alarm stage, before the trigger point for actual sprinkler system action occurs. We request that the pipes remain dry until the sprinkler system will actually be spraying, so as to avoid the possibility of premature or accidental water leakage. However, the first requirement still stands - power must be shut off before any water flows into the system. If we cannot implement this particular change, please provide the plan for emptying the pipes before re- energizing the PDUs and computers. * If possible: Change trigger temperature to 165° from 135°. At present, 135° at the sprinkler head will trigger spraying. We feel that temperature may be too low, and would like to investigate raising that to 165°. 2) We request that power and air shutoff buttons in the datacenter be clearly labeled throughout the datacenter (blue is air shutoff, red is power shutoff). Also, we request clarification on the actions of the shut-off buttons. For example, does engaging the power shutoff also shut off the air? If not, it should. 3) We request that hot air return ceiling tiles be redistributed from an unused portion of the datacenter and installed above TeraGrid in BS54-BP54, and BS55-BP55. (See coordinate map in SSF for this location.) 4) We request a quote to have the UPS in the datacenter be connected to the backup generator for TCS. Please provide recommendations on how best to accomplish diesel generator backup for the existing UPS load in the room, as well as potential future growth with a full UPS load. 5) We request quotes to have one or two AHUs in the datacenter to be connected to the backup generator for TCS. UPS integration is not required explicitly, unless recommended by Colliers or AHU manufacturer. 6) Required security upgrade: At present, anyone can let themselves into the locked datacenter by simply sliding a piece of paper or a screwdriver between the main doors and wiggling it around, setting off the motion detector. Please provide some sort of shield across the gap in the doors to prevent this from happening. 7) Sound proofing: There are significant gaps under both the main SSF doors as well as the control room door. The sound pollution from this is pretty significant to the people sitting nearby. Please provide pricing on putting weather or sound proofing at the bottom of the doors to minimize this sound. == Craig

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Datacenter upgrades
by Craig Stacey 20 Oct '09

20 Oct '09

All, I will be submitting the following requests for improvements to the datacenter. If I'm not addressing an important concern of yours, let me know. Likewise, if I've labeled something as optional and you think it shouldn't be, let me know. 1) Fire Suppression Upgrades: The following changes are requested for the fire suppression system in the TCS Datacenter. Changes labeled "If possible" are less critical, and will depend on the cost to perform them. * Required: Incorporate a full power shut-off before any water flows. At present, an alarm can result in water spraying in the room while power supplies, outlets, CDUs and PDUs are energized. A shutoff to all power in the SSF should occur before any water is released. * Required: Change triggering system to require two VESDA high alarms instead of one. At present, a single VESDA unit entering high alarm will trigger an air handling shutoff and pre-load the sprinkler system with water. Instead, two VESDA units should be in high alarm before this can occur. * If possible: Do not fill water pipes until sprinkler point is hit. At present, water is filled into the sprinkler system at the high alarm stage, before the trigger point for actual sprinkler system action occurs. We request that the pipes remain dry until the sprinkler system will actually be spraying, so as to avoid the possibility of premature or accidental water leakage. * If possible: Change trigger temperature to 165° from 135°. At present, 135° at the sprinkler head will trigger spraying. We feel that temperature may be too low, and would like to investigate raising that to 165°. 2) We request that power and air shutoff buttons in the datacenter be clearly labeled throughout the datacenter (blue is air shutoff, red is power shutoff). 3) We request that hot air return ceiling tiles be redistributed from an unused portion of the datacenter and installed above TeraGrid in BS54-BP54, and BS55-BP55. (See coordinate map in SSF for this location.) 4) We request a quote to have the UPS in the datacenter be connected to the backup generator for TCS. 5) We request quotes to have one or two AHUs in the datacenter to be connected to the backup generator for TCS. == Craig

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SSF Brownbag cancelled for this week
by Craig Stacey 20 Oct '09

20 Oct '09

No SSF brownbag tomorrow. Next week we should have some new news. == Craig

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Brown Bag tomorrow
by Craig Stacey 12 Oct '09

12 Oct '09

Does anyone have any business they'd like to cover at the SSF brownbag tomorrow, or should we put off for a week? The only new piece of information we have wrt the SSF is the door quote. A 10' door would require cutting into the concrete, which adds significantly to the price. A 9.5" door does not. I have a quote in hand for that, which is right around the cost to do an 8' door. Unless someone has reason to believe it's worth it to do a 10' door, I'm going to okay the 9.5' door (with 8' interior doors). == Craig

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Brown Bag- Facility Management of the SSF
by Craig Stacey 06 Oct '09

06 Oct '09

The following meeting has been modified: Subject: Brown Bag- Facility Management of the SSF Organizer: stace(a)zimbra.mcs.anl.gov Location: 240/ 1404 or 1405 [MODIFIED] Time: 12:00:00 PM - 1:00:00 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Recurrence : Every 1 weeks on . No end date. Effective Oct 6, 2009. Invitees: topg-ssf(a)lists.mcs.anl.gov *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* All: Starting next week, Tuesday, September 29th, the weekly TCS Brown Bag meeting at 12:00 pm (CT) will change focus from ALCF-2 project management to the facility management of the SSF. These weekly meetings are intended for all personnel that will be working in the SSF; to become more orientated with the facility. Collier's, Mike Jackson will lead this series of meetings. Meeting will take place in one of the breakout rooms in TCS conference center.

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SSF Brownbag
by stace＠mcs.anl.gov 05 Oct '09

05 Oct '09

Let me know if you'll be attending the SSF brownbag at noon. Want to make sure we have quorum. We'll be discussing the doors, as well as monitoring and room access. -- Craig (mobile)

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SSF doors
by Craig Stacey 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

The doors to the SSF from the dock are 7 feet high. This is not acceptable and we'll be getting them swapped out for large doors. I have two quotes, both for approximately the same amount of money. One will replace them with 8 foot doors similar to the ones we have in place now (though I'll insist on better weatherstripping since there's none on the existing doors). The other will replace the doors with a powered roll-up steel door (and add a pedestrian door), similar to what is on the mechanical support rooms on either side of the SSF. The upside to the roll-up door is that it's big. The downside is that it's got a relatively low insulation factor (R5), will be noisy in the wind, and by its nature can't be sealed as well as the big steel pedestrian doors. The downside to the 8 foot doors is that even they may not be big enough. This is going to be our data center for some time, and who knows what kind of equipment we'll need to get in there. Is 96" going to be too short? We don't want to spend another 16-17k in 5 years to redo this. Feedback, please. We'd like to get moving on this so we can get the bigger doors in place ASAP. == Craig

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