Readiness check

Is your data center operations program ready to hold uptime?

A data center is only as reliable as the people and procedures that run it after commissioning, and most outages trace to human error and process gaps, not failed equipment. Answer for how your site actually operates, not the binder on the shelf. The score stays on your device; enter an email only if you want the operations readiness checklist sent over.

1. Do you have trained operators on every shift with a documented shift handoff?Yes, trained coverage 24/7 and a real pass-downCoverage exists but handoff is informalThin coverage and no structured handoff

2. Are SOPs, MOPs, and EOPs written, current, and actually followed for the work?Yes, current procedures and no work without an approved MOPSome procedures exist but get bypassed when busyOperators mostly wing it from memory

3. Is your monitoring rationalized so a real alarm is not buried in a flood of noise?Yes, prioritized, actionable alarms and fast responseWe monitor but the alarm noise is heavyAlarms are ignored or overwhelming

4. Do operators run physical rounds and catch what the sensors miss?Yes, scheduled rounds with look-listen-smell disciplineOccasional walkthroughs, not systematicNo rounds, we rely on the screens only

5. Is preventive and predictive maintenance current on the critical power and cooling gear?Yes, PMs on schedule and tracked in a CMMSPMs happen but slip, with a growing backlogMostly reactive, we fix it when it breaks

6. Can you maintain redundant equipment without dropping the critical load?Yes, concurrently maintainable and we have proven itIn theory, but we avoid touching live gearNo, maintenance means risk or downtime

7. Do you have an incident response process with blameless root-cause and post-mortems?Yes, defined response, RCA, and a no-blame learning loopWe respond but rarely do real root-causeNo process, and blame keeps mistakes hidden

8. Do you track real-time capacity (space, power, cooling) so you do not strand or overload it?Yes, current DCIM data drives provisioning decisionsSpreadsheets, often out of dateNo real capacity tracking