Environmental Readiness Services
The ever-growing challenge for companies who
design the chips, circuit boards and the electronics
boxes itself are being faced with the task of carrying
the heat away from the equipment in the room. This
is more of an electrical cooling problem than a room
cooling or ventilation issue.
Design engineers for data centers now need a way
of predicting the effect of changes in heat load and
distribution and how alternative cooling solutions will
perform. Verari’s Environmental Assessment Services
provides the means to create a virtual facility to
address the issue.
Our services can be used:
• To aid in configuring equipment
• To aid in configuring the facility, its overall
constructions and mechanical infrastructure
• As a conceptual, layout and test tool for the room
and facilities IT equipment
• For ongoing management of equipment and
configuration so updates can be tested before
implementation
The creation of a thermal model of the facility
generally results in a full inventory of the room,
including cabinets, IT equipment, power systems,
cooling systems and ventilation grilles.
Environmental Assessment Services
Facility Design
Verari’s Environmental Assessment Services can
evaluate the performance of load versus cooling
for any given equipment distribution in a facility by
creating a virtual diagram of the data center.
These service consultations can continue to form the
basis of further optimization for the facility design.
For a typical pressurized floor facility, these can
include:
• Floor void depth analysis against pressure distribution
• Size and distribution of air
• Floor tile layout and the subsequent airflow
• Equipment load distribution
• Failure analysis
Troubleshooting
For existing data centers with problems or expansion
plans, Verari’s Environmental Assessment Services
provide onsite measurement and advisory services
that complement the creation of the virtual facility
diagram. These include:
• Temperature data logging
• Pressure data logging
• Airflow measurements
• Fan performance
• Equipment inventory logging
The results of the above surveys are then matched
against the theoretical performance of the virtual
facility diagrams. These comparisons would then
provide the basis of a more accurate evaluation of
the performance of the data center as a whole. This
calibrated “baseline”, the virtual facility diagram, is
then used in order to troubleshoot or define any new
expansion in capacity for the data center.
Environmental Assessment
Environmental conditions such as high temperature,
hot spots, poor airflow and cooling, can effect
hardware reliability. Up to 27% of hardware failures
are attributed to poor data center environments.
A Verari Systems Environmental Audit and
Readiness Assessment reveals the hidden
environmental problems that may be present in your
data center. This detailed service includes thorough
onsite inspection and detailed environmental
analyses using state-of-the-art thermal imaging and
modeling tools.
In addition, suggestions and justifications will be
provided to support future business requirements to
ensure maximized return on investment by modeling
the impact of new hardware being introduced into
the data center.
With the Environmental Assessment Service, Verari
Systems applies a proven methodology to deliver
expert advice so that you can take action before
system interruption occurs. The service is delivered
without disrupting day-to-day operations. Benefits
include:
• Reveal hidden environmental problems
• Prevent potential downtime
• Maximize return on data center investment
• Detailed analyses using thermal imaging and modeling tools
• Advice for deployment of blade technology
• Recommendations to improve power, cooling and facility utilization
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