Sunday 23 August 2015

Data Centre Cleaning – How Is It Done?

Contaminants in the data centre may lead to corrosion damage, overheating, mechanical and electrical failure of disk & tape drives, circuit boards and power supplies. So, having a clean data centre is very critical for maintaining the health of the data processing equipment. 

You can find many companies that specialises in cleaning data centres in Chatswood. Pharo Cleaning Services is one such professional cleaning service in Chatswood providing expert data centre cleaning. Their services are designed to keep the computer room safe and running smoothly. 

Equipment surface cleaning 

Periodic cleaning of skins or exterior shells of computer room equipment, cabinets and workstations are done for the data centre to operate effectively. The cleaning techniques that are used safely removes dirt, fingerprints, smudges and tape residues. 

Interior server cabinet cleaning 

Server cabinet doors, surfaces of servers inside the cabinet and server exhaust fans are cleaned. These surfaces are basically vacuumed using filtered vacuums and then wiped by using an anti-static cleaner that's approved for data centre cleaning. 

Access floor tile surface cleaning 

This area needs a lot of attention. It is the space that receives foot traffic on a daily basis and so dust & debris are accumulated here overnight. Before starting to clean this area, the floor surface is not only mopped but vacuumed entirely. This is basically done to remove all dust & contaminants that are  present in that area. The floor is also pre-treated with cleaners that are environmentally friendly and safe to use, and then hand scrubbed. Just two neutral, damp mop rinse and the process completes providing an aesthetically pleasing as well as healthier environment. 

Ceiling cleaning 

This includes overhead cleaning. So, while ceiling cleaning either the drop ceiling tiles are vacuumed using filter vacuums that's appropriate for data centres or overhead raceways are vacuumed and wipe cleaned with the right anti-static cleaners.  

Subfloor vacuuming 

The sub floor is cleaned by vacuum cleaners. Detailed cleaning encompasses vacuuming all the sub floor surfaces, top portion of pedestals, top of stringers & under cables. Special attention is given to perforated air flow panels as well, because that's the main area through which contaminants enter  the sub floor. Each panel is carefully removed from support grid and cleaned thoroughly. 

Subfloor track cloth wipe down 

After vacuuming the sub floor area thoroughly, the pedestals, base floor surface, cable troughs and stringers are wiped clean using a tack cloth that's lint free. Although the vacuum cleaners are able to remove most of the debris of sub floor, the track cloth is used to wipe down the sub floor further. This subfloor track cloth wipe down service is generally recommended for print facilities, post construction cleaning and spring cleaning. 

Thursday 13 August 2015