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When planning for
colocation cabinet server density (number of servers per
cabinet), form factor (size of servers), and cooling, there are
several important factors to take into consideration in order to
have a well engineered plan.
When properly
implemented, servers will get the cooling that they need and
have a long operational life.
You should
consider several very important factors concerning your
server space requirements.
When planning the
layout of your servers and network for colocation it is most
important to consider cooling. The servers and equipment
need to be properly cooled and have room for good airflow so
that they will last the expected operating life.
Servers that are
not given room to cool will fail due to heat. Today's servers
and equipment use very high speed CPUs that greater amounts of
power. The more power that is used, the greater the heat
produced. These hot running CPUs need more air flow within
the chassis to cool.
The best way to
plan for this is to first consider the servers form factor.
If there are two CPUs or more in a server then there will be
much more heat. 1u form factor servers do not have much
room for airflow within their chassis. The little fans
cannot move much air through them so they can run very hot.
To cool them many 1u servers use a metal chassis as a part of
their cooling. The cooling problems with modern 1u servers are:
1) All hard
drives, motherboards and controllers and other boards crammed
into a little space so not much room for internal cooling
airflow.
2) Modern CPUs
run have high GHz and run very hot.
3) Many modern
servers are dual processors generating even more heat.
4) 1u servers use
little tiny fans that cannot move much air flow.
5) Stacking
hot servers on top of each other and on top of more hot servers
does not allow for proper cooling. |
