Optimum Climate Control For Datacenter - Case Study T. Prabu March 17 th 2009
Agenda 2 About EDEC (Emerson) Facility Data Center Details Design Considerations & Challenges Layout Design CFD Analysis Of Datacenter Summary
About EDEC (Emerson) Facility 3 New Facility Area (Sq Ft) Built Up: 240,000 Carpet: 185,000 No Of Floors: Basement + Ground + 5 Total Power Requirement Connected Load: 4000 KVA, Demand Load: 3030 KVA Power Back Up: 5 X 750 KVA DG Sets Capacity 3 Floors (Ground, First and Second) Total Capacity 650 Seats / Workstations 570 16 Laboratories Covering 20,000 Sq. Ft
Data Center Details 4 Area 1520 Sq.Ft Location Ground Floor Tier 3 Class Data Center 24 X 7 Monitoring Current Capacity Up To 15 Racks 42 U (800 X 1000), Approx. 80 Servers, Provision For 20 Racks 100% Redundancy In Network, AC And Power Fully Protected From Fire And Water Leakage 4 GB Fiber Network Back Bone With 1 GB Till Desktop More Advance Core Switches ( Layer 3 Switches) For Switching And Routing IP Telephony System High Capacity Data Storage Devices Deployed In Data Center
Design Consideration & Challenges 5 Energy Efficient Datacenter Optimize Air Management Right Sizing Of The Datacenter Solution Provided By A Single / Multiple Vendor Raised Flooring And Overhead Space Hot & Cold Aisle Design Perforated Tiles & Cabling Redundant Power Supply Separated Electrical Room & Datacenter Safety Measures Fire Detector / Water Leakage Sensor / VESDA-early Fire Detection / Gas Release Panel To Suppress The Fire In A Minute Automatically Precision Air-conditioning System For Maintaining The Climate Inside The Room
Energy Distribution In Datacenter 6 Other Server Communication Storage 4% 4% Cooling 15% 38% 14% Server power 15% Processor 3% Switchgear UPS 5% Lighting 1% 1% PDU Cooling Load Is the Major Part Of The Power Consumption Major Heating Sources In Data Center Are Processors & Server Power
Optimize Air Management 7 Calculate The Critical Heat Load Depends The Equipment Deployed In The Room In Addition To The Heat Transferred From The Surrounding, Lighting And Other Sources Of Heat Estimate The Flow Requirement For Cooling The RLU Estimate The Power Density Based On RLU Cooling Rate Establish Room Cooling Strategy Based On The Space Availability And The Arrangements Of All The Ancillary Equipments In Addition To The Server Racks Determine The Cooling Methodology Based On Available Facility And The Easiness Heat Rejection And Cooling Redundancy Provide Redundancy To Meet Any Kind Of Emergency
Right Sizing Of The Datacenter 8 Fixed Losses Irrespective Of The IT Load There Are Losses Due To Physical Infrastructure Equipments Over Sizing Of Physical System Use Of Modular, Scalable Physical Infrastructure Have The Flexibility To Add When Additional IT Load Is Needed Better Prediction Of Future Need The Need Of The Future Expansion For The Organization Should Be Planned Properly Adaptable To New Technology The New Servers With More Heat Generation Should Also Be Considered Determine The Computing Source Required And Estimate The Capacity Depends On The Usage And Requirements
Solution Provided By Emerson 9
Layout Design 10 Air Management Strategy Plan The Air Flow Dynamics Based On The Load Raised Flooring/Overhead Space Insulate The Datacenter From The Direct Exposure To The Ambient Hot/Cold Aisle Separates The Hot And Cold Air Distribution System Positioning Of The Cooling System Better Temperature Control By Proper Position Perforated Tiles & Cabling Air Leakage And Thermal Insulation To Be Taken Care Precision Air-condition System Maintains The Sensible Heat, Tighter Temperature & Humidity Control
EDEC Data Center Layout 11 The Layout Is Arranged In Longitudinal Direction & Parallel To PEX Accommodate More Racks
CFD Analysis Of Datacenter Case 1: Fully Loaded With 2 PEX Active 12 Outlet Cold Inlet Outlet Cold Inlet Server Racks PEX Note: indicates active PEX/ server rack indicates inactive PEX/ server rack
CFD Analysis Of Datacenter CFD Analysis Of Datacenter Case 1: Fully Loaded With 2 PEX Active 13 Temperature distribution at plane 1.25 m Temperature distribution at plane 4 m Velocity vector distribution at plane 4 m Velocity vector distribution at plane 1.25 m
CFD Analysis Of Datacenter Case 2: 40% Loaded With 2 PEX Active 14 Outlet Cold Inlet Outlet Cold Inlet Server Racks PEX Note: indicates active PEX/ server rack indicates inactive PEX/ server rack
CFD Analysis Of Datacenter Case 2: 40% Loaded With 2 PEX Active 15 Temperature distribution at plane 1.25 m Temperature distribution at plane 4 m Velocity vector distribution at plane 4 m Velocity vector distribution at plane 1.25 m
CFD Analysis Of Datacenter Case 3: Fully Loaded With 3 PEX Active 16 Server Racks PEX Note: indicates active PEX/ server rack indicates inactive PEX/ server rack
CFD Analysis Of Datacenter Case 3: Fully Loaded With 3 PEX Active 17 Temperature distribution at plane 1.25 m Temperature distribution at plane 4 m Velocity vector distribution at plane 4 m Velocity vector distribution at plane 1.25 m
CFD Analysis Of Datacenter Case 4: 40% Loaded With 1 PEX Active 18 Server Racks Pex Note: indicates active PEX/ server rack indicates inactive PEX/ server rack
CFD Analysis Of Datacenter Case 4: 40% Loaded With 1 PEX Active 19 Temperature distribution at plane 1.25 m Temperature distribution at plane 4 m Velocity vector distribution at plane 4 m Velocity vector distribution at plane 1.25 m
Summary 20 Upto 30% Saving On Cooling Load Can Be Achieved PEX Arrangements Improve Air Flow Distribution By Ducting Bypass Of Hot And Cold Air Can Be Avoided By Providing Partitioning Complete Utilization Of Cold Air Can Be Achieved By Including The Baffles In The Flow Path Proper Logical Server Arrangement In The Rack Can Reduce The Cooling Load Requirement The CFD Technique: At Design Stage Operating Stage
21 Thank You Email: Prabu.Thangavelu@emerson.com