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Cooling Audits
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Increased power loads within the server cabinet have pushed
many data centers close to capacity of their existing raised floor
cooling system. To accommodate future growth, Data Center Managers
are faced with a decision:
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Add additional cooling capacity
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New room build-out or expansion
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Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the
existing cooling
Increasing existing efficiency will be the
preferred option from not only the obvious standpoint of cost but also
space, effort and disruption. The problem is that it is
not always obvious what needs to be done to improve cooling efficiency.
To help with this, Data Center Resources offers a CoolAudit service
which provides a detailed assessment of your current infrastructure and
tangible steps to make improvements. These recommendations are
intended to be as non-disruptive as possible to your current
infrastructure.
We offer two levels of the CoolAudit service:
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> CoolAudit Basic
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One of our experienced Site Engineers will come on-site
to gather data on your existing cooling and hardware
infrastructure.
This information will be put into a report to provide an overview of the
current situation and capabilities of your data center cooling.
The second portion of the report will provide specific
steps that can be taken to help improve cooling
efficiency.
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Measure Temperature at
ASHRAE Locations in each Rack
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Determine Power Load
in each Rack and Entire Room |
Measure Performance of CRAC Units |
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Detailed
Report on Performance and Efficiency of Cooling |
Recommend Modifications to Improve Cooling Efficiency |
Recommendations are Designed to be
Non-Disruptive to Existing Infrastructure |
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> CoolAudit CFD |
| The CoolAudit CFD includes gathering detailed information of your infrastructure to generate a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of your data
center. A CFD analysis utilizes the data to provide a visual depiction of the temperature and airflow patterns. It is a great tool for isolating problem areas in the data center and even individual racks. We will provide a
CFD analysis of the current
environment and also after the
implementation of recommended
modifications outlined in the
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Color Visualization of Temperature and Air Flow Above
and Below Sub Floor |
Isolate Problem Areas and Understand Root Causes |
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Detailed Report on Existing Environment with Specific
Steps for Improvement |
CFD Analysis of Before and After Proposed Modifications |
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