TIA-942
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) ANSI/TIA-942-C Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers[1] is an American National Standard (ANS) that specifies the minimum requirements for data center infrastructure and is often cited by companies such as ADC Telecommunications[2] and Cisco Systems.[3] The standard was updated to revision C in May 2024 by the TIA TR-42.1 Engineering Committee of industry experts.[4]
== The ANSI/TIA-942-C specification references private and public domain data center requirements for data center infrastructure elements such as:
- Telecommunications
- Electrical systems
- Mechanical systems
- Resiliency levels
- Building architecture
- Fire safety
- Physical security
- Monitoring
TIA-942 certification programs[5] are offered through TIA-licensed certification bodies that assess and certify compliance to the TIA-942 standard. TIA has released a licensing scheme for TIA-942 audits and has laid down specific criteria for organizations who wish to conduct 3rd party external audits. Once fulfilled they will be licensed as a CAB - Conformity Assessment Body. Data centers conforming to the TIA-942 standard are listed on the website; https://tiaonline.org/942-datacenters/.
Newer revisions
[edit]The ANSI/TIA-942-C has been published in May 2024.
References
[edit]- ^ "TIA-942 Standard". TIA online. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "TIA-942 Data Center Standards Overview" (PDF). ADC. January 31, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 30, 2013. Retrieved Dec 30, 2013. [dead link]
- ^ "Data Center Top-of-Rack Architecture Design" (PDF). White paper. Cisco Systems. April 18, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 15, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2013.
- ^ "TIA Publishes Addendum To Global Data Center Infrastructure Standard". TIA online. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "TIA-942 Certification". TIA online. Retrieved 18 August 2022.