Server holder with flow restraining device
AssigneeInterstitial Systems, Inc.
InventorWilliam Randolf COLLIER
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Abstract
A server holder includes a holder defining a holder volume and having server supports spaced apart in the holder volume to support servers. The holder defines a holder opening to permit fluid communication between the server supports in the holder volume and air flowing outside the holder. At least one baffle is mounted to the holder adjacent to one or more of the server supports. The at least one baffle extends outwardly from the holder. The at least one baffle is shaped and sized to locally restrain the air flowing outside the holder around the one or more server supports.
Claims20
A data center, comprising:
- a room;
- at least one fan operable to convey air through the room;
- server holders in the room, at least one of the server holders including:
- a holder defining a holder volume and having server supports spaced apart in the holder volume, the holder defining a holder opening to permit fluid communication between the holder volume and the air in the room;
- a plurality of servers supported by the server supports to be in fluid communication with the air in the room via the holder opening;
- and
- at least one baffle mounted to the holder adjacent to one or more servers of the plurality of servers, the at least one baffle extending outwardly from the holder into a volume of the room, the at least one baffle shaped and sized to locally restrain the air being conveyed through the volume of the room around the one or more servers.
A server holder, comprising:
- a holder defining a holder volume and having server supports spaced apart in the holder volume to support servers, the holder defining a holder opening to permit fluid communication between the server supports in the holder volume and air flowing outside the holder;
- and
- at least one baffle mounted to the holder adjacent to one or more of the server supports, the at least one baffle extending outwardly from the holder, the at least one baffle shaped and sized to locally restrain the air flowing outside the holder around the one or more server supports.
A method of restraining a flow of air around part of a server cabinet/rack, the method comprising:
- mounting at least one baffle to an exterior of the server cabinet/rack adjacent to one or more server supports of the server cabinet/rack, such that the at least one baffle extends outwardly from the server cabinet/rack to restrain the flow of air outside the server cabinet/rack around the one or more server supports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.