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How safe is your data center? Here are some questions with point values that you can use to find out!

The weighting factors in the scoring are based upon the frequency of the types of outage emergencies which have impacted data centers over the last ten years. If your site is unstaffed ("lights out"), skip to question 4. Leave the answer blank if the question does not apply. Blank answers will be counted as 0 point values.

1. Major Interstate Highway (how many within 1/2 mile) (3 pts per)
2. Railway Line (how many within 1/2 mile) (3 pts per)
3. Potentially hazardous neighbor:
a. Research lab (within 1/4 mile) (3 pts per)
b. Chemical Facility (within 1/4 mile) (3 pts per)
c. Landfill (within 1/4 mile) YesNo (2 pts)
d. Nuclear plant (within 1 mile) YesNo (4 pts)
e. Military base (within 1/2 mile) YesNo (2 pts)
f. Defense plant (within 1 mile) YesNo (2 pts)
g. Munitions plant (within 1 mile) YesNo (4 pts)
h. Foreign embassy (how many adjacent) (1 pt per)
i. Airport (within 1/4 mile) YesNo (2 pts)
4. Military base (adjacent to) YesNo (3 pts)
5. Munitions/Explosive Plant or Nuclear Power Plant (how many adjacent) (5 pts per)
6. Airport (adjacent to) YesNo (1 pt)
7. Earthquake zone YesNo (20 pts)
Is your building "quake proof"? YesNo (-5 pts)
8. Tornado zone YesNo (10 pts)
9. Hurricane zone YesNo (10 pts)
10. Volcano zone YesNo (2 pts)
11. Flood plain YesNo (8 pts)
Is your building situated above a 100 year flood line? YesNo (-5 pts)
12. River/Coastline/Dam (how many within a 1/4 mile) (8 pts per)
13. Large metropolitan area YesNo (15 pts)
14. Suburban industrial park YesNo (8 pts)
15. Rural area YesNo (4 pts)
16. Is your building steam heated? YesNo (2 pts)
17. How many other companies are using computers in your building? (1 pt per)
18. Is your site above the 20th floor? YesNo (4 pts)
19. Is there ASBESTOS/PCBs in your building? YesNo (3 pts)
20. Is your building over 25 years old? YesNo (2 pts)
21. Does your building have a wood frame? YesNo (3 pts)


Endurance probability (mitigation)

Leave the answer blank if the question does not apply. Blank answers will be counted as 0 point values.

22. Diesel generators/UPS YesNo (-5 pts)
23. Satellite or microwave communications YesNo (-3 pts)
24. Telecommunications route diversity YesNo (-3 pts)
25. Redundant water supply YesNo (-3 pts)
26. Automatic fire detection & dry-charge suppression YesNo (-4 pts)
27. Redundant chillers, pumps, cooling towers YesNo (-3 pts)
28. End user separate from data center YesNo (-3 pts)
29. Comply with National Fire Protection Association Standard 75 YesNo (-3 pts)
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