Container-type data center and method for controlling container-type data center
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorReiko KONDO
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Abstract
A container includes a server mounted therein and separates a cold aisle from a hot aisle. A shutter opens and closes an opening provided in the cold aisle and communicating with the outside. Another shutter opens and closes an opening provided in the hot aisle and communicating with the outside. An air conditioner cools air taken in from the cold aisle and exhausts the air to the hot aisle. A management server controls opening and closing of the shutters based on any of an acquired pressure in the cold aisle and an operating state of the air conditioner.
Claims9
A container-type data center comprising:
- a container that includes electronic equipment mounted therein and separates a first area as an intake side of the electronic equipment from a second area as an exhaust side of the electronic equipment;
- a first shutter that opens and closes an opening connecting outside and inside of the container provided in the first area;
- a second shutter that opens and closes an opening connecting outside and inside of the container provided in the second area;
- an air conditioning mechanism that cools air taken in from the second area and exhausts the air to the first area;
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- a control unit that controls opening and closing of the first shutter and the second shutter based on an acquired pressure in the first area or an operating state of the air conditioning mechanism.
A method for controlling a container-type data center that comprises:
- a container that includes electronic equipment mounted therein and separates a first area as an intake side of the electronic equipment from a second area as an exhaust side of the electronic equipment;
- a first shutter that opens and closes an opening connecting outside and inside of the container provided in the first area;
- a second shutter that opens and closes an opening connecting outside and inside of the container provided in the second area;
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- an air conditioning mechanism that cools air taken in from the second area and exhausts the air to the first area, the method comprising:
- acquiring any of pressure in the first area and an operating state of the air conditioning mechanism to control opening and closing of the first shutter and the second shutter based on any of the acquired pressure in the first area and the operating state of the air conditioning mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.