ALSO CALLED: Evaporators, Condensers, and Cooling Systems DEFINITION:
Hot/cold aisle (or hot aisle/cold aisle) is a method of cooling servers in data centers in which every aisle between rows of racks is bounded with exclusively hot-air outlets or exclusively cool-air intakes. Air is brought into the cool aisles from underneath
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COOLING EQUIPMENT DEFINITION (continued): … and exhausted from the hot aisles overhead. This produces constant air circulation through the racks, provided there are no "holes" through which cool air can leak without encountering hardware.
In a hot/cold aisle configuration, the hot aisles are always at a much higher temperature than the cool aisles. Equipment racks are arranged in parallel rows. Air flows generally upward throughout the center with a constant "breeze" through each row. For optimum design, … Cooling Equipment definition sponsored by SearchDataCenter.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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