System to increase server's density in datacenter
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSebastien Bousseton, Arnaud Lund
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Abstract
A system and method of forming the system. Rack containers include rack units stacked in a first direction that is parallel to a floor. Each rack unit has wheels positioned on a supporting structure on the floor which enables adjacent rack containers to move closer to or further from each other. The supporting structure is on the floor and is oriented in the second direction. The second direction is parallel to the floor and perpendicular to the first direction. A cooling conduit is secured on a top surface of each rack container to allow a cooling fluid to flow through a flexible tube into each rack container via the cooling conduit that encapsulates the flexible tube.
Claims20
A system, said system comprising:
- a plurality of rack containers, each rack container comprising a plurality of rack units stacked in a first direction that is parallel to a floor, each rack container being equipped with wheels positioned on a supporting structure to enable the wheels to move along the supporting structure in a second direction which enables adjacent rack containers of the plurality of rack containers to move closer to or further from each other, said supporting structure being on the floor and oriented in the second direction, said second direction being parallel to the floor and perpendicular to the first direction;
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- a cooling conduit secured at a first port on a top surface of each rack container to allow a cooling fluid to flow through a flexible tube into said each rack container via the cooling conduit that encapsulates the flexible tube, said top surface being further from the floor than is any other surface of said each rack container,
- wherein the cooling conduit comprises a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment,
- wherein the first segment is linked to, perpendicular to, and in direct physical contact with, the second segment through a first articulation,
- wherein the second segment is linked to, parallel to, and in direct physical contact with, the third segment through a second articulation,
- wherein the first and second articulations are configured to rotate horizontally in a plane parallel to the floor to enable the flexible tube to maintain smooth contact with the top surface of said each rack container.
A method for forming a system, said method comprising:
- providing a plurality of rack containers, each rack container comprising a plurality of rack units stacked in a first direction that is parallel to a floor, each rack container being equipped with wheels;
- positioning the wheels on a supporting structure to enable the wheels to move along the supporting structure in a second direction which enables adjacent rack containers of the plurality of rack containers to move closer to or further from each other, said supporting structure being on the floor and oriented in the second direction, said second direction being parallel to the floor and perpendicular to the first direction;
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- securing a cooling conduit at a first port on a top surface of each rack container to allow a cooling fluid to flow through a flexible tube into said each rack container via the cooling conduit that encapsulates the flexible tube, said top surface being further from the floor than is any other surface of said each rack container,
- wherein the cooling conduit comprises a first segment, a second segment, and a third segment,
- wherein the first segment is linked to, perpendicular to, and in direct physical contact with, the second segment through a first articulation,
- wherein the second segment is linked to, parallel to, and in direct physical contact with, the third segment through a second articulation,
- wherein the first and second articulations are configured to rotate horizontally in a plane parallel to the floor to enable the flexible tube to maintain smooth contact with the top surface of said each rack container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.