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Data Center Engineer

Keep the machines behind the city powered, cool and healthy: check disks, fans, heat, power and links.

Your guide in Data Hall: Jack, data center engineer.

Jack, Data center engineer
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How each class works: read the ticket, watch the fix on one system, then do it yourself on another. Every level is 10 classes and an exam. Every command is real and from open-source tools; every system here is simulated, so nothing can break.

Basic

Learn the job

Data Center Engineer, Basic: certificate when every level is passed

Module 1Data hall basics

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Level 1 · 10 classes and an examYour first shift on the data hall floor
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  1. 1Which server is this?You are here
  2. Check the brain and the memory
  3. What disks are inside?
  4. Is the disk healthy?
  5. How hot is it?
  6. Find the dead fan
  7. Is it switched on?
  8. Check the RAID array
  9. Check the network link
  10. Confirm the repair
  11. Level exam · 6 tasks, no answers shown
Level 2 · being builtRacks, cables and labels

Module 2Keeping hardware healthy

Level 3 · being builtDisks and RAID arrays
Level 4 · being builtHeat, fans and airflow
Advanced

Work without a guide

Data Center Engineer, Advanced: certificate when every level is passed

Module 1Power and cooling

Level 5 · being builtPower supplies and backup power
Level 6 · being builtPlanning cool aisles

Module 2Remote control

Level 7 · being builtManaging servers from afar
Level 8 · being builtUpdating firmware safely
Professional

Design and lead

Data Center Engineer, Professional: certificate when every level is passed

Module 1Running a whole hall

Level 9 · being builtMonitoring every rack
Level 10 · being builtReplacing parts on a schedule

Module 2Hard problems

Level 11 · being builtWhen a whole rack goes dark
Level 12 · being builtPlanning room for the city to grow

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