Lessons Learned & Some Valuable Tips on a Data Center Move

Lessons Learned & Some Valuable Tips on a Data Center Move Houston Methodist Hospital with almost 1000 patient beds is consistently ranked as “One of Americas Best

Hospitals” by US News and World Report and was recently ranked as the No. 1 hospital in Texas.

Like many organizations, its IT operation was born with a mainframe computer in makeshift space in one of the hospital building, retrofitted to house the

computer systems. They continued to expand and move to a new 29,000-square-foot data center facility, configured for a 4,000-square-foot main server

room and shell space to support another 4,000-square-foot expansion.

Faced with the need to expand once again they considered several

options and finally chose to design, build and move to a new

4,000-square-foot data center facility. Sunbird executives had the

opportunity to speak with Greg Rutledge, Data Center Manager, and

Trey Jones, Director of IT Infrastructure Services, who were both

involved in this major project from beginning to end. They shared the

valuable lessons they learned and we share them with you in

this eBook.

DCIM facilitates the move and establishes order in new data center

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Table of ContentsTo Build, Colocate or Retrofit

Select a Site

Determine Data Center Tier Rating, Size & Design

Getting Ready for the Move

Ensuring a Successful Moving Day

Additional Pearls of Wisdom

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