Cooling a Datacenter

With the huge increase in systems density and power consumption in the datacenter comes an equally huge increase in the amount of cooling that is required and delivered into that datacenter.  How the cooling system is designed is a complex undertaking and is truly where the rubber hits the road.

NewVista has taken a lead position in architecting efficient and redundant environments.  We will help you answer such questions as:

• How much cooling is needed in the datacenter?

• How are the cabinets arranged? (hot aisle/cold aisle, etc)

• How is the cold air distributed around the room? What is the return path?  How do you prevent the hot air from contaminating the cold air being sourced to the systems?

• Will the design use any form of air containment? (hot aisle containment?  Cold aisle containment?)

• Water or air cooled air conditioners?  Both?

• Chilled Water Closed loop? Condenser Water based system?

• In-Row coolers?

• If Condenser Water, how will condenser water riser shutdowns be managed?  How does the datacenter continue in operation during these shutdowns?

• How will multiple air conditioners be managed (control system).  What is the sequencing of the different units?

• How is coolant distributed within the actual datacenter machine room? (where the systems are located)

• What sort of sensors are deployed in the room (leak, temperature, humidity) and how do they manage the equipment?

These are just a few of many questions that need to be answered when architecting the cooling system for your datacenter.  If you get this wrong, you may have enough power to run the systems, but you sure can’t cool them.