System and method for predicting cooling performance of arrangements of equipment in a data center

A system for evaluating equipment in an improper cluster in a data center, the equipment including a plurality of equipment racks, and at least one cooling provider, the system comprising:

• an interface;
• and
• a controller configured to:
• receive data regarding each of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, the data including a layout of the improper cluster of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider;
• store the received data;
• determine a modifier value based on characteristics of the improper cluster;
• determine a performance metric for the at least one of the plurality of equipment racks based, at least in part, on the modifier value and the characteristics of the improper cluster;
• and
• display the layout of the data center, wherein the layout includes an indication of the performance metric of the at least one of the plurality of equipment racks.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions including instructions that will cause a processor to:

• receive data regarding each of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, the data including a layout of the improper cluster of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider;
• store the received data;
• determine a modifier value based on characteristics of the improper cluster;
• determine a performance metric for the at least one of the plurality of equipment racks based, at least in part, on the modifier value and the characteristics of the improper cluster;
• and
• display the layout of the data center, wherein the layout includes an indication of the performance metric of the at least one of the plurality of equipment racks.