Computer rack cooling system
AssigneeRackable Systems, Inc.
InventorsGiovanni Coglitore, Nikolai Gallo, Jack Randall
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Abstract
A system including a computer rack and a plurality of computers provided in the computer rack is provided. Each computer includes a computer chassis containing at least a processor and a data storage device and a plenum extending from the computer rack for channeling cooling air from the plurality of computers provided in the computer rack to a location exterior to a site where the computer rack is located. The computer rack and the plurality of computers are configured to channel cooling air through each of the plurality of the computers and out of the computer rack through the plenum.
Claims18
A system, comprising:
- a computer rack;
- a plurality of computers provided in the computer rack, each computer comprising a computer chassis containing at least a processor and a data storage device;
- and
- a plenum extending from the computer rack for channeling cooling air from the plurality of computers provided in the computer rack to a location exterior to a site where the computer rack is located;
- wherein the computer rack and the plurality of computers are configured to channel cooling air through each of the plurality of the computers and out of the computer rack through the plenum.
A method of cooling a computer rack, comprising:
- providing cooling air from an air conditioning system to a computer room containing at least one computer rack, each of said computer racks comprising a plurality of computers and a plenum extending from the computer rack, each of said computers comprising a computer chassis containing at least a processor and a data storage device;
- drawing cooling air into the computing rack through the plurality of computers to cool heat-generating components contained in the computers;
- and
- exhausting the cooling air out of the computer rack via the plenum to a location exterior to the computer room.
A computer farm, comprising:
- a computer room containing:
- a plurality of computer racks, each computer rack comprising a plurality of computers, each of the computers comprising a computer chassis containing at least a processor and a data storage device;
- and
- a plurality of plenums, each plenum extending from one of the plurality of computer racks for channeling cooling air from the plurality of computers provided in the computer rack out of the computer room;
- and an air conditioning system for supplying cooling air to the computer racks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.