Modeling Movement Of Air Under A Floor Of A Data Center
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMatthew R. Archibald, Jerrod K. Buterbaugh
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for modeling movement of air underneath a floor of a data center. Embodiments include receiving, by a management system, from a plurality of environmental condition sensors, environmental condition information corresponding to an area underneath the floor of the data center; in dependence upon the environmental condition information, generating, by the management system, a model representing movement of air within the area underneath the floor of the data center; and indicating, by the management system, physical obstacles underneath the floor of the data center based on the model of the movement of air.
Claims20
A method of modeling movement of air underneath a floor of a data center, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a management system, from a plurality of environmental condition sensors, environmental condition information corresponding to an area underneath the floor of the data center;
- in dependence upon the environmental condition information, generating, by the management system, a model representing movement of air within the area underneath the floor of the data center;
- and
- indicating, by the management system, physical obstacles underneath the floor of the data center based on the model of the movement of air.
An apparatus for modeling movement of air underneath a floor of a data center, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:
- receiving, by a management system, from a plurality of environmental condition sensors, environmental condition information corresponding to an area underneath the floor of the data center;
- in dependence upon the environmental condition information, generating, by the management system, a model representing movement of air within the area underneath the floor of the data center;
- and
- indicating, by the management system, physical obstacles underneath the floor of the data center based on the model of the movement of air.
A computer program product for modeling movement of air underneath a floor of a data center, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable, when executed, of causing a computer to carry out the steps of:
- receiving, by a management system, from a plurality of environmental condition sensors, environmental condition information corresponding to an area underneath the floor of the data center;
- in dependence upon the environmental condition information, generating, by the management system, a model representing movement of air within the area underneath the floor of the data center;
- and
- indicating, by the management system, physical obstacles underneath the floor of the data center based on the model of the movement of air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.