IDCA Cloud and Data Center Encyclopedia

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7 AE Layers

The 7 application ecosystem abstract layers within the infinity paradigm.

A

A(t)

Instantaneous Availability.

AA

Achieved Availability.

ABC

Activity-Based Costing.

AC

Alternating Current.

ADA

Application Delivery Architecture.

ADD

Application Detailed Design.

ADI

Application Delivery Infrastructure.

ADM

Application Delivery Model.

ADSL

Asymmetric DSL.

AE

Application Ecosystem.

AER

Availability Efficacy Rating is data center’s measure of over all availability effectiveness, worthiness and value across the organization’s application ecosystem (AE).

AGA

Application General Architecture.

AHJ

Authority Has Jurisdiction.

Ai

Intrinsic Availability.

Am(t2 - t1)

Average Availability.

AP

Access Provider.

Application Layer

a set of software services that fulfill organization requirements.

APS

Application Platform Specification.

As

Steady State Availability.

ASHRAE

American Association of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.

ASP

Application Service Provider.

ATL

Atmospheric Lifetime.

ATM

Asynchronous Transfer Mode.

ATO Switch

Automatic Throw Over Switch.

ATS

Automatic Transfer Switch.

AUS

Average User Sessions.

AWG

American Wire Gauge.

B

BaaS

Business as a Service.

BAS

Bild Austast Synchron.

BBM

Break Before Make.

BC

Backbone Cabling.

BC

Business Continuity.

BCM

Business Continuity Management.

BCP

Business Continuity Planning.

BGP

Border Gateway Protocol.

BIA

Business Impact Analysis.

BICSI

Building Industry Consulting Services International.

BMC

Baseboard Management Controller.

BMS

Building Management System.

BOCB

Bulk Oil Circuit Breaker.

BOM

Bill of Materials.

BTS

Busbar Trunking System.

BTS

Base Transceiver Station.

BTU

British Thermal Unit.

C

CAF

Conductive Anodic Filaments.

CapEx

Capital Expenditures.

CAT Cable

Category Cable.

CAV

Constant Air Volume System.

CBEMA

Computer & Business Equipment Manufacturers Association.

CBN

Common Bonding Network.

CCTV

Closed-Circuit Television.

CCU

Concurrent Users.

CCU

Closed Control Unit.

CE Rating

Capacity Efficacy Rating.

CENELEC

European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization.

CER

Capacity Efficacy Rating (CER) is data center’s measure of over all capacity effectiveness, worthiness and value across the organization’s application ecosystem (AE).

CFD

Computational Fluid Dynamics.

CFM

Cubic Feet per Minute.

CIBSE

Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers.

CIFS

Common Internet File System.

CMH

Cubic Meters per Hour.

COBIT

Control Objective for Information related Technology.

Compute Layer

the logical design of computing resources. Compute is a layer in which processing requirements of the application are defined in an abstract form.

COP

Coefficient of Performance.

CPU

Central Processing Unit.

CR

Computing Resources.

CR

Computer Room.

CRAC

Computer Room Air Conditioning.

CRAH

Computer Room Air Handling.

CRS

Compute Requirement Specification.

CT

Closed Transition.

CUE

Carbon Usage Effectiveness.

D

DAS

Direct Attached Storage.

DC

Direct Current.

DC

A Data Center is the Infrastructure supporting the Application Ecosystem (AE).

DCA

Data Center Authority.

DCAB

Data Center Application Build.

DCAD

Data Center Application Design.

DCBC

Data Center Build Certification.

DCC

Data Center Cloud is a set of data center nodes arranged in a specific topology.

DCCA

Data Center Certified Auditor.

DCCB

Data Center Compute Build.

DCCC

Data Center Certified Consultant.

DCCD

Data Center Compute Design.

DCCI

Data Center Certified Instructor.

DCDC

Data Center Design Certification.

DCE

Data Center Expert.

DCES

Data Center Engineering Specialist.

DCETF

Data Center Efficiency Task Force.

DCFB

Data Center Facility Build.

DCFD

Data Center Facility Design.

DCIB

Data Center ITI Build.

DCID

Data Center ITI Design.

DCIE

Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency.

DCIM

Data Center Infrastructure Management.

DCIS

Data Center Infrastructure Specialist.

DCM

Data Center Manager.

DCN

Data Center Node is a combination of physical Site, Site Facility Infrastructure (SFI), IT Infrastructure (ITI) supporting Application Ecosystem (AE) at a specific topology node.

DCNB

Data Center Node Build.

DCNCD

Data Center Node Conceptual Design

DCND

Data Center Node Design.

DCNDD

Data Center Node Detailed Design

DCNE

Data Center Node Engineer.

DCNM

Data Center Node Manager.

DCNR

Data Center Node Requirements

DCOM

Data Center Operations Manager.

DCOS

Data Center Operations Specialist.

DCPB

Data Center Platform Build.

DCPD

Data Center Platform Design.

DCPDC

DC Powered Data Centers.

DCR

Data Center Replication.

DCSB

Data Center Site Build.

DCSD

Data Center Site Design.

DCT

Data Center Topology.

DCTB

Data Center Topology Build

DCTBC

Data Center Topology Build Certification.

DCTD

Data Center Topology Design

DCTE

Data Center Topology Engineer.

DCTM

Data Center Topology Manager.

DCTP

Data Center Technology Professional.

DE

Design Efficiency.

Dew Point

The temperature at which the air can no longer hold all of its water vapor, and some of the water vapor must condense into liquid water.

DFD

Data Flow Diagram.

DR

Disaster Recovery.

DRN

for Disaster Recovery Node is a combination of physical Site, SFI, and ITI supporting application ecosystem at a specific topology node for the purpose of disaster recovery.

DROOP

Droop Speed Control.

DRP

Disaster Recovery Plan.

DS

Digital Signal.

DVR

Digital Video Recorder.

DX

Direct Expansion.

E

EAP

Extensible Authentication Protocol.

ECC

Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

ED

Extreme Density.

EDA

Equipment Distribution Area

EER

Energy Efficiency Ratio.

EF

Electric Field.

EGW

Ethylene Glycol and Water.

EMF

Electric Magnetic Field.

EMI

Electric Magnetic Interference.

EMP

Electric Magnetic Pulse.

EMS

Environment Monitoring System

EPA

Environment Protection Agency.

EPMS

Electrical Power Management System.

EPO

Emergency Power Off.

ER

Entrance Room

ERF

Energy Re-use Factor.

ERM

Entity Relationship Model.

ESCON

Enterprise Systems Connection.

ESD

Electro Static Discharge.

ESR

Efficacy Score Rating

ETL

Extract, Transform, Load.

ETT

Estimated Think Time.

EUE

Energy Usage Effectiveness.

F

FC

Ferrule Connector.

FISMA

Federal Information Security Management Act.

FMS

Facility Management System.

FTP

File Transfer Protocol.

G

G

Grade.

G0

Grade Level 0 is the highest level of achievement when awarded to any application, platform, compute, ITI, SFI, Site or Topology layers. G0 represents the lowest levels of risk, lowest level of insecurities, inefficiencies, vulnerabilities and chances of failure.

G1

Grade Level 1 is the above average level of achievement when awarded to any application, platform, compute, ITI, SFI, Site or Topology layers. G1 represents the low levels of risk, low level of insecurities, inefficiencies, vulnerabilities and chances of failure.

G2

Grade Level 2 is the average level of achievement when awarded to any application, platform, compute, ITI, SFI, Site or Topology layers. G1 represents an average exposure to risks, insecurities, inefficiencies, vulnerabilities and chances of failure.

G3

Grade Level 3 is the below average level of achievement when awarded to any application, platform, compute, ITI, SFI, Site or Topology layers. G3 represents a below average exposure to risks, insecurities, inefficiencies, vulnerabilities and chances of failure.

G4

Grade Level 4 is the lowest level of achievement when awarded to any application, platform, compute, ITI, SFI, Site or Topology layers. G4 represents the highest levels of risk, highest acceptable level of insecurities, inefficiencies, vulnerabilities and chances of failure.

GEC

Green Energy Coefficient.

Genset

Generator

GRC

Governance Risk and Compliance.

GWP

Global Warming Potential.

H

HC

Harmonic Current.

HD

High Density.

HDA

Horizontal Distribution Area

HDD

Hard Disk Drive.

HITSP

Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel.

HSSD

Highly Sensitive Smoke Detection.

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol.

HTTPS

Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure.

HVAC

High Voltage AC.

HVAC

Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning.

HVDC

High Voltage DC.

HWQ

Hardware Quantity.

I

I

Current (Amps).

IaaS

Infrastructure as a Service.

IBC

International Building Code

IDCA

International Data Center Authority.

IDS

Intrusion Detection System.

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission.

IFB

Invitation For Bid.

IGP

Interior Gateway Protocol.

IITC

IDCA Integrated Technology Certification.

INCITS

International Committee for Information Technology Standards.

Infinity

Concept of achieving virtual infinite availability, reliability, security, capacity and resilience as adherent to the organization’s need.

IP

Ingress Protection.

IPMI

Intelligent Platform Management Interface.

IPng

Internet Protocol Next Generation.

IPS

Intrusion Prevention System.

IPsec

IP Security.

IR

Infrared.

ISACA

Systems Audit and Control Association.

ISAE

International Standard on Assurance Engagements.

ISCC

International Standardization and Compliance Committee.

iSCSI

Internet Small Computer System Interface.

ISMS

Information Security Management System.

ISO

International Organization for Standardization.

ISOCH

Isochronous Speed Control.

ISP

Internet Service Provider.

ITDC

IDCA Technology Design Certification.

ITI

Information Technology Infrastructure.

ITI Layer

a set of physical components at the information technology level, utilized for the application delivery, housed at the data center sites.

ITIL

IT Infrastructure Library.

ITSC

IDCA Technology System Certification.

ITSC

IDCA Technology System Certification.

ITSM

IT Service Management.

K

kPA

Kilo Pascal.

KPI

Key Performance Indicator.

KVM

Kernel-based Virtual Machine.

L

L2F

Layer 2 Forwarding.

L2TP

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol.

LAN

Local Area Network

Latent Load

refers to the wet bulb temperature.

Lbf

Pound Force.

LC

Lucent/Little or Local Connector.

LD

Low Density.

LED

Light Emitting Diode.

LEED

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

Logical Infrastruture

application, platform and compute abstraction layers of the infinity paradigm.

LOM

List of Materials.

LP

Liquid Petroleum.

lx

Lux, SI unit of luminous emittance.

M

M&R&E

Maintenance, Repair and Enhancement.

MBM

Make Before Break.

MD

Medium Density.

MDA

Main Distribution Area.

MERV

Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value.

MF

Magnetic Field.

MMS

Monitoring and Management System.

MOCB

Minimum Oil Circuit Breaker.

MPLS

Multiprotocol Label Switching.

MPO/MTP

Multiple-Fiber Push-On/Pull-Off.

MT-RJ

Mechanical Transfer Registered Jack.

MTBF

Mean Time Before Failure.

MTTR

Mean Time To Repair.

N

NaaS

Nothing as a Service.

NaaS

Nothing as a Service.

NAS

Network Attached Storage.

NEBS

National Equipment Building System.

NEC

National Electrical Code.

NFPA

National Fire Protection Association.

NFS

Network File System.

NIC

Network Interface Card.

NIST

National Institute of Standard Technology.

nm

Nano Meter, an SI unit of length, equal to 10−9 m.

NMS

Network Management System.

NOAEL

No Observable Adverse Effect Level.

NOC

Network Operations Center.

NVR

Network Video Recording.

O

OC

Optical Carrier.

OC

Optical Carrier.

ODP

Ozone Depletion Potential.

OER

Operational Efficacy Rating (OER) is data center’s measure of over all operational effectiveness, worthiness and value across the organization’s application ecosystem (AE).

OGC

Office of Government Committee.

Ohm

SI unit of electrical resistance.

OLA

Operation Level Agreement.

OLR

Operation Level Report.

OP

On Premise.

OpenSDLC

Open Systems Development Life Cycle.

OpEx

Operating Expenditures.

OPF

Open Process Framework.

OSI

Open Systems Interconnection.

OSPF

Open Shortest Path First.

OT

Open Transition.

P

PaaS

Platform as a Service.

PAC

Precision Air Conditioning.

PAO

Polyaliphatic Olefins.

PDU

Power Distribution Unit

Pen Test

Penetration Test.

pF

Power Factor.

PGW

Propylene Glycol and Water.

Physical Infrastructure

ITI, SFI, Site and Topology abstraction layers of the infinity paradigm.

PIF

Packet Inspection Firewalls.

PIF

Packet Inspection Firewalls.

Platform Layer

the methodology by which the application is delivered.

PM

Physical Machines.

POD

Platform Optimized Design.

PPTP

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol.

PS

Physical Storage.

PSG

Paralleling Switchgear.

PTW

Permit To Work.

PTZ

Pan Tilt Zoom.

PUE

Power Usage Effectiveness.

Q

QA

Quality Assurance.

QC

Quality Control.

QI

Quality Improvement.

QoS

Quality of Service.

R

R

Resistance (Ohms).

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disks.

RAS

Risk Assessment Grade.

RER

Resilience Efficacy Rating (RER) is data center’s measure of over all resilience effectiveness, worthiness and value across the organization’s application ecosystem (AE).

RFI

Request for Information.

RFID

Radio-Frequency Identification.

RFP

Request for Proposal.

RFQ

Request for Quotation.

RFT

Request for Tender.

RFW

Radio Frequency Weapons.

RLU

Rack Location Unit.

ROI

Return on Investment.

RPO

Recovery Point Objective.

RS

Real Servers.

RTO

Recovery Time Objective.

S

SaaS

Software as a Service.

SaaS

Software as a Service.

SACM

Service Asset and Configuration Management.

SAN

Storage Area Network.

SAS

Serial Attached SCSI.

SATA

Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment).

SC

Subscriber/Square or Standard Connector.

SCM

Service Catalog Management.

SDH

Synchronous Digital Hierarchy.

SEER

Seasonal Energy Efficiency.

Sensible Load

refers to the dry bulb temperature.

SER

Security Efficacy Rating (SER) is data center’s measure of over all safety & security effectiveness, worthiness and value across the organization’s application ecosystem (AE).

SFI

Site Facility Infrastructure.

SFI Layer

a set of components, at the facility level, utilized for the application delivery, housed at the data center sites.

SFP

Specific Fan Power.

SFTP

SSH File Transfer Protocol.

SFTP

Screened Foiled Twisted Pair.

SHR

Sensible Heat Ratio.

Site Layer

an independently operated space to house data center infrastructure.

SLA

Service Level Agreement.

SLM

Service Level Management.

SLR

Service Level Report.

SONET

Synchronous Optical Network.

SOP

Standard Operating Procedure.

SOW

Scope Of Work.

SOW

State Of Work.

SPI

Stateful Packet Inspection.

SPM

Service Level Management.

SS

Supporting Space.

SSC

Static Switch Cabinet.

SSD

Solid State Drive.

SSH

Secure Shell.

SSL

Secure Socket Layer.

SSTP

Screen Shielded Twisted Pair.

ST

Straight Tip.

STM

Synchronous Transport Module.

STP

Shielded Twisted Pair.

STS

Static Transfer Switch.

T

TAFIM

Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management.

TCO

Total Cost of Ownership.

TCP/IP

Transport Control Protocol / Internet Protocol.

TDM

Time Division Multiplexing.

TED

Transient Electromagnetic Device.

THD

Total Harmonic Distortion.

The Core

a model depicting the Infinity Paradigm.

The Pyramid

a model depicting the Infinity Paradigm.

TIA

Telecom Industry Association.

TOGAF

The Open Group Architecture Framework.

Topology Layer

is connectedness, continuity and boundaries signifying a set of correlations, connections, dependencies, and relations between various data center sites for the delivery of the organization’s application.

TPS

Transactions Per Second.

TTD

Time to Deploy.

TTR

Time To Recover.

TVSS

Transient Voltage Surge Suppression.

U

UDP

User Datagram Protocol.

UL

Underwriters Laboratories.

UML

Unified Modeling Language.

UPS

Uninterruptable Power Supply

UTP

Unshielded Twisted Pair.

UV

Ultraviolet.

V

V

Voltage.

VA

Volt Ampere.

VAR

Reactive Power.

VAV

Variable Air Volume System.

VDI

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.

VESDA

Very Early Smoke Detection Apparatus.

VFS

Virtualized File System.

VIn

Voltage between phase line to neutral.

VM

Virtual Machines.

VoIP

Voice Over IP.

VPN

Virtual Private Network.

Vpp

Voltage between phase to phase.

VRLA

Valve-Regulated Lead-Acid.

VRRP

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol.

VS

Virtual Storage.

VSAT

Very Small Aperture Terminal.

VTS

Verification Test Suites.

VW

Virtual World.

W

W

Watt.

WAN

Wide Area Network.

WebDAV

Wed Distributed Authoring and Versioning.

WISP

Wireless Internet Service Provider.

WO

Work Order.

Z

ZDA

Zone Distribution Area.

Δ

ΔT

Temperature Differential.

Μ

μ

Micron.