System and method for evaluating equipment rack cooling performance
AssigneeAmerican Power Conversion Corporation
InventorsJames W. VanGilder, Saurabh K. Shrivastava, Xuanhang Zhang
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Abstract
Aspects of the invention are directed to systems and methods for designing and analyzing data centers. One aspect is directed to a method of determining cooling characteristics of a data center. The method includes receiving data related to a configuration of equipment in the data center, identifying rack clusters in the configuration of equipment, and determining a capture index for at least one equipment rack of at least one rack cluster.
Claims47
A method of determining cooling characteristics of a data center comprising:
- receiving data related to a configuration of equipment in the data center;
- identifying rack clusters in the configuration of equipment, and for each rack cluster determining whether the rack cluster is a hot aisle cluster or a cold aisle cluster;
- and
- determining a capture index for at least one equipment rack of at least one rack cluster based on identification of the at least one rack cluster as a hot aisle cluster or a cold aisle cluster.
A computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions including instructions that will cause a processor to:
- receive data related to a configuration of equipment in the data center;
- identify rack clusters in the configuration of equipment, and for each rack cluster determine whether the rack cluster is a hot aisle cluster or a cold aisle cluster;
- and
- determine a capture index for at least one equipment rack of at least one rack cluster based on identification of the at least one rack cluster as a hot aisle cluster or a cold aisle cluster.
A data center management system comprising:
- a memory for storing data;
- and
- a controller coupled to the memory and configured to:
- receive data related to a configuration of equipment in the data center;
- identify rack clusters in the configuration of equipment, and for each rack cluster determine whether the rack cluster is a hot aisle cluster or a cold aisle cluster;
- and
- determine a capture index for at least one equipment rack of at least one rack cluster based on identification of the at least one rack cluster as a hot aisle cluster or a cold aisle cluster.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.