Cooling Management

  1. KEN'S KORNER - Airflow Problems

    Tips for Assessing and Addressing Airflow Problems Tips for retrofitting a legacy data center with airflow management techniques designed to reduce cooling energy costs and increase equipment density capacity. Types of airflow problems • Hot spots – an area, related to a rack or set of racks, where ambient air temperature is above acceptable levels. Typically caused by poor airflow...
  2. Occam’s Razor

    Do You Trust Occam's Razor? Occam's (or Ockham's) razor is a scientific principle attributed to the 14th century logician and Franciscan friar William of Ockham. The principle states that "Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily". Occam's razor claims that, "Simpler explanations (solutions) are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones". Apply Occam's razor to the problem below...
  3. U.S. DOE and Airflow Management

    Even the Government Agrees! U.S. Department of Energy suggests you first address the simple solutions to airflow problems in legacy data centers A recent study by the U.S. Department of Energy on Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory suggests that as data center energy densities increase, measured in power-use per square foot, energy savings for...
  4. KEN'S KORNER - Improved Airflow Management

    CIO’s will Love You!  Improved Airflow Management Saves Real $$$ I’ve been trying to get caught up on my reading lately and I came across some interesting articles that put numbers to what we already know, sealing cable cutouts in a data center’s raised floor saves money.  How, by limiting airflow bypass in hot/cold aisle environments through reduced energy consumption...
  5. KEN'S KORNER - Airflow Management Tips

    Basic Air Flow Management Tips With summer here, we all think about warm days ahead and all the fun activities that go along with the season; but summer heat is NOT something we look forward to for our computers. To protect computers, data centers should be well insulated with no windows to the outside to keep summer heat away from...

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