Grading &
Scoring System
Data Center Grading System
Grade Levels (Gs®) are IDCA’s method of cloud, IT, application, infrastructure, and data center classification at different application ecosystem (AE)® layers of Topology, Site, Site Facility Infrastructure, Information Technology Infrastructure (ITI), Data Center Node (DCN), Compute, Platform, and Application. Gs® ranges from G4® to G0®, G4® possessing the minimum values and maximum allowable level of vulnerabilities such as chances of failure, security risks, inefficiencies, operational lags, capacity insufficiencies, and lacks of resilience, while G0® practically mandates total elimination of such and hence possesses the highest Grade Level a digital infrastructure, an application, a cloud, and data center or organization operating it, or series of data center nodes can possess at any layer of the Application Ecosystem®. Grade Levels are not to be confused with data center Tiers, Ratings, or Classes, as their view, scope, and coverage of the physical data center are fundamentally different from IDCA Grade Levels.
Grade Level 0
Grade Level 0 (G0®) 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.
Grade Level 1
Grade Level 1 (G1®) 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.
Grade Level 2
Grade Level 2 (G2®) is the average level of achievement when awarded to any application, platform, compute, ITI, SFI, Site or Topology layers. G2 represents an average exposure to risks, insecurities, inefficiencies, vulnerabilities, and chances of failure.
Grade Level 3
Grade Level 3 (G3®) 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.
Grade Level 4
Grade Level 4 (G4®) 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, the highest acceptable level of insecurities, inefficiencies, vulnerabilities, and chances of failure.
Efficacy Score Rating (ESR)®
ESR® - The single most reliable score rating for comparing a system, design or service' s delivery abilities and claims! Efficacy Score Rating is the system and methods for piecewise evaluation of the efficacy of a complex system. In abstract systems and methods for evaluation and comparison of a complex system's efficacy composed of independent or interdependent components is referred to as ESR®. The efficacy of each component is evaluated and scored based on a set of pre-determined criteria. The component-wise efficacy scores are then combined to produce an overall system efficacy score for the purpose of evaluation of the whole and comparison with other systems within the same context or domain. Examples of efficacy score rating applications are data center rating, business rating, service provider rating, security ratings, etc.
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