IT Cleaning Server Room Cleaning

IT industry research has concluded that up to 70% of computer-related breakdowns are caused by dust and other debris. The environment is the source of this dust. Server Room Cleaning is the most cost effective way of removing it from YOUR environment.

IT Cleaning undertakes the cleaning of various types of computer rooms from ISO Class 8 Clean rooms to general rooms used as server rooms. We are able to clean these server and data rooms to an agreed specification and a high level of quality. The server rooms, unless otherwise required, are cleaned live to reduce the interruption to your business. The frequency of server room cleaning will depend on many factors including the protocols you have in place to combat the ingress of dust. All of these can be discussed during our initial meeting.

The increasing technological advances in server, data storage and network technology is having an effect on the way you as an IT Professional need to operate the environment in which your infrastructure operates.

Suppliers are increasingly telling you how Data Hall and Server Rooms should be set up with increased emphasis on HVAC protocols and the exclusion of contaminants.

A number of sources suggest that the cleaning of server rooms should be carried out regularly. During our visit we are able to discuss and recommend frequency.

Currently there are no specifications for the cleanliness of server rooms or data halls. IT Cleaning have therefore adopted a specification based on the ISO for clean room cleaning. IT Cleaning would be happy to discuss this specification for server room cleaning during any meeting.

The main contaminate for Server Rooms and Data Halls are:

Particulate (Dust) the source of this dust can be numerous. The type of dust present can have differing effects. For example:

Carbon from car exhausts and printer toner is brought in on feet, clothing and as airborne particles.

Carbon can cause shorts as it is conductive, so is particularly troublesome in Server/Computer Rooms.

Organic Particulate from people and the environment also finds it way into the computer room. This dust is the main cause of air ingress being restricted and causing equipment to overheat.

Within server rooms and data halls the size of the particulate present and in what volume it is present should be ascertained. IT Cleaning Ltd has state of the art portable air monitoring equipment. This allows IT Cleaning to monitor airborne particulate in your room before after and during the server room cleaning.

Metallic Fibre e.g. Zinc can form in the under floor pressurised plenum and is transported by the air flow through your equipment. Zinc is very conductive so causes shorting. These fibres or Zinc Whiskers as they are known are very small being less than 0.5 micron in width.

Dust is transported into your server room or data hall from many sources and to completely stop it would be expensive and may be impossible.

By working to a specification and monitoring the server room environment IT Cleaning are able to offer a scientific approach to server room cleaning. This rigor is lacking in general cleaning companies.

ITDecom Mats With our partner Dycem, IT Cleaning have developed decontamination mats specifically for use in Server Rooms, computer rooms, communication rooms and data halls. These ITDecom mats actively remove particulate from feet, wheels and anything else that comes into contact with the surface. Utilizing Van De-Waals force the dust is attracted to the surface and is then held there. These mats are not sticky and they are big enough for a person to take 3 or 4 steps on and do not require any peeling. They are also fixed to the floor and edged making them unavoidable.

Combining regular cleaning and ITDecom Mats will ensure your mission critical equipment is well protected from the ingress and damaging effects of Particulates.

The cost of server room cleaning is extremely small when compared against the value of the asset. IT Cleaning are a specialist IT cleaning company who offer quality long term solutions to the problems of server room cleaning, data room cleaning and communication room cleaning. We do no other type of cleaning, this ensures we are expert in the field of server room cleaning.

IT Cleaning currently have over 6 years experience in the cleaning of the following:

Data centre cleaning

Server room cleaning

Computer room cleaning

Media room cleaning

Media equipment cleaning

Communication room cleaning

You could ask your current cleaners to perform your server room cleaning or you could ask experts in the field.