Information technology - Data centres - Key performance indicators - Part 1: Overview and general requirements

Overview

ISO/IEC 30134-1 is the first and framework part of the series of key performance indicators (KPIs) that measure resource usage effectiveness and efficiency in data centres. The first edition, developed by ISO/IEC JTC 1 and published in 2016, runs to 11 pages. It fixes a common structure for the other parts; the series includes PUE, REF, ITEEsv, ITEUsv, ERF, CER, CUE and WUE, and every one of them must follow the rules set here.

The standard defines terminology and boundary conditions for the KPIs, and sets out the common requirements and common objectives that each individual KPI part builds on. It also gives general guidance on use. In practice this part is the reference for how a data centre boundary and its measurement points are defined before any KPI is reported, so that values from different facilities can be compared on the same footing.

The document is a paid standard and only the publisher's public catalogue abstract and product data were used here; the full text was not read. It provides no calculation method or numeric limit of its own, since that is the job of the individual KPI parts. It is therefore cited to state which boundary a given indicator was calculated on, while values come from the relevant indicator part.

Key points

1. Specifies a common structure for all other parts of ISO/IEC 30134.
2. Defines terminology and boundary conditions for KPIs of data centre resource usage effectiveness and efficiency.
3. Sets the common requirements and objectives on which each individual KPI part builds.
4. The series covers PUE, REF, ITEEsv, ITEUsv, ERF, CER, CUE and WUE.
5. Edition 1 was published 2016-03-21, runs to 11 pages and was developed by ISO/IEC JTC 1.
6. It is the reference for how the data centre boundary and measurement points are defined before any KPI is reported.

Using it in design

• In the metrics module, define a single KPI boundary object (site boundary, measurement points, reporting period) reused by the PUE, REF, ERF, CER, CUE and WUE calculators.
• Compute all indicators on a consistent boundary and warn when a report mixes different boundaries.
• In reports and design documents, state the measurement points and boundary used next to every indicator value.

Who should read it

Design engineers and sustainability officers who calculate, report or verify energy-efficiency indicators.

Related standards

• ISO/IEC 30134-2
• EN 50600-4-1
• ISO/IEC 22237-1

Publication details

Authors

ISO/IEC JTC 1

Publisher

ISO/IEC

Year

2016

Document number

ISO/IEC 30134-1:2016

Document language

English

Source type

Standard

Access

Citation only

Licence

Copyright retained; citation only — the publisher’s terms apply to the original document

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