System and method for predicting temperature values in a data center
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for evaluating cooling performance of equipment in a data center, the equipment including a plurality of equipment racks and at least one cooling provider, the method comprising:
- receiving data regarding each equipment rack of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, the data including a layout of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, and a power draw value for each equipment rack;
storing the received data;
computing, by a computer system, a fraction of total airflow originating from the at least one cooling provider that is captured by each equipment rack and a fraction of total airflow from each equipment rack that is captured by the at least one cooling provider;
computing, by the computer system, an ambient air temperature in the data center based on airflows in the data center;
computing, by the computer system, an inlet air temperature and an exit air temperature for the at least one cooling provider based on the ambient air temperature, the layout, the power draw value and the fraction of total airflow from each equipment rack that is captured by the at least one cooling provider;
for each equipment rack, computing an inlet air temperature and an exit air temperature, by the computer system, based on the ambient air temperature, the layout, the power draw value and the fraction of total airflow originating from the at least one cooling provider that is captured by each equipment rack; and
displaying an indication of the inlet air temperature and the exit air temperature for each equipment rack and the at least one cooling provider;
wherein computing the inlet air temperature and the exit air temperature of each equipment rack and the at least one cooling provider includes establishing a set of S coupled equations, with S equal to a number of temperature values to be computed, and solving the S coupled equations; and
wherein the displayed inlet air temperature and the exit air temperatures are further used to determine at least one configuration of the equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A system and method for evaluating equipment in a data center, the equipment including a plurality of equipment racks, and at least one cooling provider. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data regarding each of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, the data including a layout of the equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, and a power draw value for each of the equipment racks, storing the received data, determining air flow between the at least one cooling provider and each of the equipment racks, determining inlet and exit air temperature for the at least one cooling provider based on the layout, the power draw and the airflow, and for each equipment rack, determining inlet and exit air temperature based on the layout, the power draw and the airflow.
-
Citations
18 Claims
-
1. A computer-implemented method for evaluating cooling performance of equipment in a data center, the equipment including a plurality of equipment racks and at least one cooling provider, the method comprising:
-
receiving data regarding each equipment rack of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, the data including a layout of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, and a power draw value for each equipment rack; storing the received data; computing, by a computer system, a fraction of total airflow originating from the at least one cooling provider that is captured by each equipment rack and a fraction of total airflow from each equipment rack that is captured by the at least one cooling provider; computing, by the computer system, an ambient air temperature in the data center based on airflows in the data center; computing, by the computer system, an inlet air temperature and an exit air temperature for the at least one cooling provider based on the ambient air temperature, the layout, the power draw value and the fraction of total airflow from each equipment rack that is captured by the at least one cooling provider; for each equipment rack, computing an inlet air temperature and an exit air temperature, by the computer system, based on the ambient air temperature, the layout, the power draw value and the fraction of total airflow originating from the at least one cooling provider that is captured by each equipment rack; and displaying an indication of the inlet air temperature and the exit air temperature for each equipment rack and the at least one cooling provider; wherein computing the inlet air temperature and the exit air temperature of each equipment rack and the at least one cooling provider includes establishing a set of S coupled equations, with S equal to a number of temperature values to be computed, and solving the S coupled equations; and wherein the displayed inlet air temperature and the exit air temperatures are further used to determine at least one configuration of the equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
-
-
9. A system for evaluating equipment 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 coupled to the interface and configured to; receive data regarding each equipment rack of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, the data including a layout of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, and a power draw value for each equipment rack; store the received data in a storage device associated with the system; compute a fraction of total airflow originating from the at least one cooling provider that is captured by each equipment rack and a fraction of total airflow from each equipment rack that is captured by the at least one cooling provider; compute an ambient air temperature in the data center based on airflows in the data center; compute an inlet air temperature and an exit air temperature for the at least one cooling provider and for each equipment rack of the plurality of equipment racks based on the ambient air temperature, the layout, the power draw value, and the fraction of total airflow originating from the at least one cooling provider that is captured by each equipment rack and the fraction of total airflow from each equipment rack that is captured by the at least one cooling provider by establishing a set of S coupled equations, with S equal to a number of temperature values to be computed, and solving the S coupled equations. - View Dependent Claims (10, 12, 13, 14)
-
-
11. A system for evaluating equipment 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 coupled to the interface and configured to; receive data regarding each equipment rack of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, the data including a layout of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, and a power draw value for each equipment rack; store the received data in a storage device associated with the system;
compute a fraction of total airflow originating from the at least one cooling provider that is captured by each equipment rack and a fraction of total airflow from each equipment rack that is captured by the at least one cooling provider;compute an ambient air temperature in the data center based on airflows in the data center; compute an inlet air temperature and an exit air temperature for the at least one cooling provider and for each equipment rack of the plurality of equipment racks based on the ambient air temperature, the layout, the power draw value, and the fraction of total airflow originating from the at least one cooling provider that is captured by each equipment rack and the fraction of total airflow from each equipment rack that is captured by the at least one cooling provider by establishing a set of S coupled equations, with S equal to a number of temperature values to be computed, and solving the S coupled equations; and wherein the computed inlet air temperature and the exit air temperatures are further used to determine at least one configuration of the equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider.
-
-
15. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instruction for evaluating equipment in a data center, the equipment including a plurality of equipment racks and at least one cooling provider, the sequences of instruction including instructions that will cause at least one processor to:
-
receive data regarding each equipment rack of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, the data including a layout of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, and a power draw value for each equipment rack; store the received data in a storage device associated with the at least one processor;
compute a fraction of total airflow originating from the at least one cooling provider that is captured by each equipment rack and a fraction of total airflow from each equipment rack that is captured by the at least one cooling provider;compute an ambient air temperature based on airflows in the data center; and compute an inlet air temperature and an exit air temperature for the at least one cooling provider and for each equipment rack based on the ambient air temperature, the layout, the power draw value, and the fraction of total airflow originating from the at least one cooling provider that is captured by each equipment rack and the fraction of total airflow from each equipment rack that is captured by the at least one cooling provider by establishing a set of S coupled equations, with S equal to a number of temperature values to be computed, and solving the S coupled equations; and wherein the computed inlet air temperature and the exit air temperatures are further used to determine at least one configuration of the equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
-
Specification