Comments on: CFD simulation shows datacenter when a best practice can be a bad idea

By: Cary

Cary — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:50:38 +0000

We see tremendous enthusiasm for containment projects. And, after a couple “blind enthusiasm” experiences we have learned to ask the obvious questions about IT load and cooling capacity.

By: John West

John West — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:40:28 +0000

Sherman – right…the real point of the article to me is that blindly applying any best practice or rule of thumb is never a good idea, although sometimes it does generate the expected result. Thus the focus of my post. I’m so interested in the remediation specifics, but I am very interested in the lesson.

By: Sherman

Sherman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:53:41 +0000

The odd airflow configuration was only part of the story. The real problem is the volumetric air supply from the room which is 1/4 the airflow requirement of the installed IT equipment. This situation is preventing the segregation of supply and return air.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:36:04 +0000

Thanks for the mention. It should definitely be noted that this lab is an atypical data center, mainly because it has quite a bit of Cisco equipment. As any data center manager out there can tell you, Cisco equipment often has odd in and out airflow patterns. Thanks,

Mark