Datacenter aisle containment structure
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorJohn William Eichelberg
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Abstract
An air containment system for a datacenter. The air containment system includes horizontally slidable vertical rails that engage the rear rails to two adjacent server racks. The vertical rails can include a front face that is compressible to provide an airtight connection with the server racks. Filler plates attach to adjacent vertical rails and fill the space between a top of the server rack and the top of the rails.
Claims29
An aisle containment system for a datacenter, comprising:
- a first vertical rail having a front for engaging a first vertical rack rail of a server rack;
- a second vertical rail having a front for engaging a second vertical rack rail of the server rack;
- at least one of the first and second vertical rails being slidingly mounted to permit horizontal movement of said at least one of the first and second vertical rails to align with the first and second vertical rack rails;
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- at least one panel for connecting to the first and second vertical rails and for extending between a top of the server and a top of the aisle.
A datacenter, comprising:
- a plurality of racks;
- wherein each of said plurality of racks comprises a plurality of at least one of servers and network hardware mounted therein;
- said plurality of racks and said plurality of said at least one of servers and network hardware being mounted so as to form at least one of a hot aisle and a cold aisle;
- for each said at least one of the hot aisle and the cold aisle, a containment structure, comprising:
- a first vertical rail having a front for engaging a first vertical rail of one of said plurality of racks;
- a second vertical rail having a front for engaging a second vertical rail of the said one rack;
- at least one of the first and second vertical rails being slidingly mounted to permit horizontal movement of said at least one of the first and second vertical rails to align with the first and second rack rails;
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- at least one panel for connecting to the first and second vertical rails and for extending between a top of the server and a top of said at least one of the hot aisle and the cold aisle.
A method of forming a containment system for at least one of a hot aisle and a cold aisle of a data center, comprising:
- mounting a first vertical rail and a second vertical rail, at least one of the first and second vertical rails being movable horizontally;
- aligning a server rack to engage the first and second vertical rails;
- moving said at least one of the first and second vertical rails so that the first and second vertical rails align with first and second vertical rack rails on the server rack;
- moving the server rack so that the first and second vertical rack rails contact the first and second vertical rails;
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- mounting at least one filler plate between a top of the server rack and a top of said at least one of the hot aisle and the cold aisle and between the first and second vertical rails.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.