Visually Speaking: The Impact and Prevention of Facility Downtime

The Impacts of Facility Downtime

and how to PREVENT them

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*Source: Contingency Planning Research, a division of Eagle Rock Alliance

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Leading Causes of Business Downtime*

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Alarm monitoring and direct notification may circumvent

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79% of the leading causes

!of business downtime.

Leading Causes of Business Downtime**Source: Contingency Planning Research, a division of Eagle Rock Alliance

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How Can YouMINIMIZE business downtime?

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Best Practicesfor facility MONITORING

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Identify issues BEFORE they become criticalimage credit:http://www.stupid.com/cracked-up-mug.html

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1) Snowballing effect issues usually start small

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2) Localized alarms are not enough

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3) Alerts should be sent before critical conditions occur

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4) Alarms should go to the appropriate people

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5) Redundancy ensures alarms are received

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1) Reactionary Mentality is not acceptable

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An Example ofreactive MENTALITY

- Facility lost one of three phases of utility power - !

- - Computer room A/C units continued to run until critical failure -

!- Automatic thermal shutdown of the servers -

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The ProactiveSOLUTION

- Power meters installed on the utility feed - !

- Intelligent information pulled from the CRAC units - !

- - Temperature sensors installed in strategic locations - !

- Prevent future failures by providing proactive alarms -

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2) Downtime = lost $$$

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The Impactsof DOWNTIME

- Redirection of efforts towards recovery - - Employee productivity & morale -

- Customer confidence -

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Health Care $90,000.00

Retail $1,100,000.00

Manufacturing $1,610,654.00

Telecommunications $2,066,245.00

Media $90,000.00

Energy $2,817,846.00

Brokerage Operations $6,480,000

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