EXIN EPI Certified TIA-942 Internal Auditor case studies
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The EXIN EPI Certified TIA-942 Internal Auditor credential is a certification offered by EXIN in its EPI (EXIN Professional Institute) portfolio, aimed at professionals who audit data centre facilities against the TIA-942 standard from an internal, first-party perspective rather than as an external certification body. It suits data centre managers, facility and infrastructure engineers, quality, risk and compliance staff, and internal auditors who need to plan, execute and report on internal audits of a data centre's design, topology and operational resilience. The EXIN EPI Certified TIA-942 Internal Auditor case studies are 5 cases and about 4,222 words.
1The 'Tier III certified' marketing claim
A colocation provider operates a 4 MW, six-hall data centre in Frankfurt. Its website states 'ANSI/TIA-942 Tier III certified, Rated-3', and a sales deck describes the site as 'Tier 4 ready'.
820 words, about 4 min2Rated-3 claim with a single PDU and a common cooling loop
A financial services firm claims Rated-3 for its 1.2 MW data centre. The electrical design is 2N UPS, but each rack has a single row PDU and the dual-corded servers have both cords landed on that same PDU; several SAN switches are single-corded.
847 words, about 4 min3Audit programme with an independence conflict and management pressure
An operator runs three data centres in three countries: a 2 MW primary, a 500 kW secondary, and a 300 kW edge site. The internal audit team has three people; one is the operations manager for the 2 MW primary.
849 words, about 4 min4Generator testing records that do not demonstrate compliance
At a Rated-2 site, the facility engineer states that generators are load-tested monthly. The CMMS export shows 7 of 12 monthly tests in the audit period.
885 words, about 4 min5Repeat findings and a training-only corrective action
Ten months ago an internal audit issued 14 findings, including missing cable labels and uncontrolled cabinet power changes. The corrective action plan was 'retrain technicians' and 'send reminder emails'.
821 words, about 4 min