At one time, data center rack enclosures and related equipment were considered commodity products –simply a platform to stack equipment, with more enclosures purchased as servers and rackmount equipment were added to the IT inventory.
While power density per rack averaged 6 kW in 2006, it climbed to about 8 kW by 2012, and is expected to approach. 12 kW per rack by 2014, according to data collected by the Data Center Users Group, sponsored by VertivTM. The need now exists for taller, wider and deeper racks to accommodate the changes in IT equipment and densities.
SmartRack® Modular Data Centers are composed of IT rack, cooling and service enclosures that together form a performance optimized data center, or POD. This innovative design enables easy configuration and maintenance. It also lowers costs by reducing the overall cycle time to deploy a data center from months or weeks to just days.
Hot aisle/cold aisle configuration. The key to data center rack planning is to think about flexibility and adaptability. Needs will continue to evolve, and racking solutions must be able to evolve with them. The data center must be able to adapt to each individual rack environment and rack zone. Similarly, the rack must adapt to the room.
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