What do you mean by airflow management?


 

Considering the growing importance of data centers, organizations are focusing on their operation to ensure a smooth and hassle-free set-up. However, data center operation is not a simple task. It requires a lot of planning and effort to manage it efficiently especially the part with airflow management when the focus is to optimize a data center for efficiency.

A glimpse at Airflow management and its offering

The functional aspect of the airflow management strategy is to isolate hot and cold airstreams by positioning all the cabinets in parallel rows with the inlet sides of the servers while facing each other across an aisle (this forms a cold aisle). This marks the initial phase of airflow management where the mixing of the thermal environment within the data center ecosystem is prevented. Also, the process can be empowered with customized airflow management solutions designed to cater to specific data center requirements.

Often more cooling capacity is added to the data center facility when it becomes too warm. Although this practice ensures that the data center maintains proper temperature but it is not a recommended way to handle such thermal issues. Well-planned airflow management ensures that the facility maintains a proper temperature throughout its operation. This can save both power and money for the organization.

Strategies of Air Flow Management

Strategic yet simple efforts can improve the airflow dynamics of a data center. Planned airflow management can decrease inlet temperatures while increasing the CRAC (computer room air conditioner) efficiency. Since data center operational capabilities vary from each other, it is essential to first determine and understand the operating model of a data center before offering an airflow management solution that can be effective. Here, it is also pertinent to consider the best practices to improve the overall energy efficiency.

Logical and customized approach

We at Netrack offer a scientific approach in managing the cold air to enter into mission-critical equipment of the data center and hot air back into CRAC to minimize the chance of short circuit or outage. The strategic solution we offer enables the airflow management to bifurcate into five zones covering all aspects to offer a comprehensive solution to our clients

To reduce the leakage due to floor tiles with irregular shapes, Netrack came up with brushed tiles as a solution. Due to its smooth edges, it nullifies the chance of airflow leakage increasing the efficiency of the airflow management.

Additionally, as a strategy to improve the airflow management of a data center, we believe in securing all cabinets with Plinth, Rack Side Thermal Sealing with air seal kit, and Blanking Panels between the equipment. This forces the cold air to pass only through the equipment.

Again, blanking panels is another strategy to reduce hot and cold air mixing by preventing airflow to the unused cabinet and rack space.

Save your critical equipment today!

Hence, minimize the risk of damaging business-critical equipment by choosing a customized data center rack management solution that is best for your data center, server room, or computer closet. This will help in reducing your data center facility’s air flow waste to achieve efficient data center cooling.

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