Data Center Trends - Power and Cooling
Learn about the newest data center IT power and cooling trends as they relate to facility infrastructure. Energy efficiency, facility maintainability and reliability will be addressed while providing insight into the data center facility cooling and power technologies.
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Data Center Trends - Power and Cooling
1. DATA
CENTER
TRENDS
AND
Steven Shapiro, P.E., ATD
Data Center Practice Lead
Morrison Hershfield
Mission Critical
DESIGN Morrison Hershfield Mission Critical Data Center Trends and Design
2. DATA CENTER
TRENDS &
DESIGN
AGENDA
IT TRENDS
COOLING DESIGN TRENDS
POWER DESIGN TRENDS
Morrison Hershfield Mission Critical Data Center Trends and Design
3. IT TRENDS
VIRTUALIZATION
DENSITY
DENSITY vs RELIABILITY PROFILE
CHIP COOLING
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4. VIRTUALIZATION AND DENSITY
For every 18F rise in temperature hardware reliability decreased by 50%
Footprint reduction = 30% per year
Since 2000, power consumption for chips doubled
17% annual increase in load density in past 10 years
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5. CHIP COOLING
CHIP MANUFACTURERS ARE
INVESTIGATING:
New Sink Architectures
Water Cooled Sinks
Larger Cooling Fans (up to 70 cfm per server)
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6. DENSITY VS. RELIABILITY PROFILE
IV ENTERPRISE
WEB HOSTING
TIER
III COLO
II OLD MAINFRAME
I
50 100 150 200 250 300
W/SF
Design Criteria
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7. COOLING DESIGN TRENDS
FIGHTING DENSITY AND
INCREASING ENERGY EFFIECIENCY
IN THE DATA CENTER
FOR THE DATA CENTER
SYSTEM SELECTION PROCESS
ECONOMIZATION ALTERNATIVES
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8. IN THE DATA CENTER
Fan Powered Cabinet Example
Cabinet Fans
Hot Air Plenum
Raised
Floor
Hot Air Conditioned Air
is discharged out of is drawn through the
the top via ductwork front of the cabinet
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9. IN THE DATA CENTER
Water Cooled Cabinet Example
Cabinet Fans
Discharge Air
Cooling Coil
Supply Return Raised
Piping Floor
High Pressure Fan Coil Conditioned Air
flex hose and quick-connect on rear door is drawn through the
fittings to chilled water cools servers front of the cabinet
mains
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10. IN THE DATA CENTER
Hot Aisle Cold Aisle Configuration
Return Air
Cold Hot Cold
Aisle Aisle Aisle
Conditioned Air Hot Air Conditioned Air
is drawn through the is discharged out of is drawn through the
front of the cabinet the back of the cabinet front of the cabinet
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11. FOR THE DATA CENTER
System Selection Process
COOLING DESIGN TRENDS Morrison Hershfield Mission Critical Data Center Trends and Design
12. FOR THE DATA CENTER
System Alternatives
Chiller/Cooling Tower
Air Cooled Chiller
Adiabatic Cooling/Swamp Cooler
(Roof, Ground, CRAH)
Outside Air
Air to Air (Munthers, Schneider,
Hunt Aire, Kyoto)
Water Side Economizer
(Heat Exchanger)
DX Backup/Full-Partial
Drycoolers
COOLING DESIGN TRENDS Morrison Hershfield Mission Critical Data Center Trends and Design
13. FOR THE DATA CENTER
System Selection Process
COOLING DESIGN TRENDS Morrison Hershfield Mission Critical Data Center Trends and Design
14. FOR THE DATA CENTER
System Alternatives
Direct Air Economizer System Indirect Air Economizer System
Outside air does enter Outside air does not enter
the data center the data center
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15. FOR THE DATA CENTER
System Alternatives
Direct Evaporative Air Economizer Indirect Evaporative Air Economizer
Swamp cooler with outside air Swamp cooler without outside
entering the data center air entering the data center
COOLING DESIGN TRENDS Morrison Hershfield Mission Critical Data Center Trends and Design
16. FOR THE DATA CENTER KYOTO WHEEL
System Alternatives Indirect Air-side Economizer
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17. POWER DESIGN TRENDS
RELIABILITY/AVAILABILITY
CONCURRENT MAINTAINABILITY
EXAMPLE ONE LINE
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18. RELIABILITY/AVAILABILITY
Load Density (The Major Issue)
99.9999% Availability (Six Sigma)
2(N+1), 2N, N+2 Redundancy Common
N or (N+1) Systems Not Good Enough
Fault Tolerant Configurations Eliminate SPOFs
Full Concurrent Maintenance
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19. RELIABILITY/AVAILABILITY
Typical UPS Configurations
Single Module Systems
Isolated Redundant
Parallel Redundant
Distributed Redundant
Block Redundant
POWER DESIGN TRENDS Morrison Hershfield Mission Critical Data Center Trends and Design
22. RELIABILITY/AVAILABILITY BLOCK REDUNDANT
Typical UPS Configurations
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23. CONCURRENT MAINTAINABILITY
Goals
Change Tires, Transmission and Engine at
60mphand Dont Lose Speed.
No IT Downtime for Preventative and
Corrective Maintenance
Scalability
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24. THE SOLUTION
Dual/Diverse Utility Services
Dual Active Distribution Paths
N+2 Generator Plant
Self-Healing Automation and Control
Physical Separation/Compartmentalization
2N Static UPS
Dual Electrical Cords to IT Cabinets
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25. MEDIUM VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION
Utility Bypass/Gen Control Maintenance
Red-Normal A
Green-Normal B
Yellow-Generator
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26. UPS NORMAL OPERATION Red-Normal A
Green-Normal B
Blue-UPS A
Pink-UPSB
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27. UPS TO RPP NORMAL OPERATION
Blue-UPS A
Pink-UPSB
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28. Thank you and please feel
QUESTIONS? free to contact me
Steven Shapiro, PE, ATD
SShapiro@MorrisonHershfield.com
914.420.3213
http://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenshapirope
References:
Uptime Institute White Papers:
Tier Myths and Misconceptions
Data Center Site Infrastructure Tier Standard: Topology
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