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The CDCP® (Certified Data Centre Professional) is a 2-day course is designed to expose participants to the key components of the data centre.

CDCP® training will address how to setup and improve key aspects such as power, cooling, security, cabling, safety etc. to ensure a high-available data centre. CDCP® training will also address key operations and maintenance aspects.  

CDCP® is the first training in the EPI Design and Build training track under the EPI Data Centre Training Framework.

After completion of the course the participant will be able to:

• Choose an optimum site for mission-critical data centre based on current and future needs
• Describe all components that are important for highavailability in a data centre and how to effectively setup the data centre
• Name and apply the various industry standards
• Describe the various technologies for UPS, fire suppression, cooling, monitoring systems, cabling standards, etc, and to select and apply them effectively to cost-efficiently enhance the high-availability of the data centre.
• Review the electrical distribution system to avoid costly downtime
• Enhance cooling capabilities and efficiency in the data centre by using existing and new techniques and technologies for the increased cooling requirements of the future
• Design a highly reliable and scalable network architecture and learn how to ensure installers apply proper testing techniques
• Describe (high-level) data centre operational considerations supporting mission-critical environments
• Setup effective data centre monitoring ensuring the right people get the right message
• Ensure proper security measures, both procedural and technical, are established to safeguard your company's valuable information in the data centre

• The Data Centre, it’s Importance and Causes for Downtime
• Data Centre Standards and Best Practices
• Data Centre Location, Building and Construction
• Raised Floor/Suspended Ceiling
• Light
• Power Infrastructure
• Electro Magnetic Fields
• Equipment Racks
• Cooling Infrastructure
• Water Supply
• Designing a Scalable Network Infrastructure
• Fire Protection
• Physical Security and Safety
• Auxiliary Systems

Exam

Attendees will take a 1-hour CDCP® exam. The exam is 40 questions, multiple-choice, closed-book. The passing mark is 27 out of 40. 

Certification & Accreditation
Attendees passing the exam will be awarded the internationally accredited and recognized 'Certified Data Centre Professional' (CDCP®) certificate.  

CDCP® is globally accredited by EXIN, a fully independent exam and certification institute. The CDCP® certificate is valid for 3 years, after which recertification is required.  

The primary audience for the CDCP® course is an IT, Facilities or Data Centre Operations professional working in and around the data centre (representing both end-customers and/or service provider/facilitators) and having responsibility to achieve and improve hi-availability and manageability of the Data Centre, such as: Data centre managers, Operations / Floor / Facility managers, data centre engineers, network/system engineers/data centre sales/consultants.

There is no specifc prerequisite for the CDCP® course. However, participants who already have at least one or two years’ experience in a data centre or facilities environment may be best suited. Those with no experience just yet are most welcome to participate.