Seminar: How to Successfully Cool High-Density IT Hardware
What’s On?
The first Data Clean Europe conference is being held in January 2008 and the keynote speaker will be Dr Robert Sullivan, the leading senior staff scientist with The Uptime Institute. This two-day seminar will focus on the highly important topic of How to Successfully Cool High-Density IT Hardware and will include:
- An introduction to the Uptime Institute.
- Executive Summary of where the industry is headed, what it means to users, and the best practices that need to be employed to take advantage of the new technologies.
- Expanded information on power projections and best practices for implementation in new facilities.
- Best practices for cooling today's equipment and future generations of high density computer equipment
- Q&A session with delegates and Dr Sullivan
- Uptime Institute CPD certificate for all attendees
Why this is important?
Recent studies reveal that on average computer rooms have nearly three times more cooling than is actually required and yet many IT managers still experience problems with computer room hot spots.
Perhaps the most astonishing finding of these studies is that 60% of all cooled air (that is, the cold air produced by the air-conditioning units) never reaches the computer equipment but is in fact bypassing the equipment entirely, which results in partial or complete failure of the overall engineered cooling process. Essentially the cooled air, which should be circulating in a specific fashion, is unable to do so as a result of poor room structure or maintenance. The cooled air can escape as a result of misplaced perforated tiles for example, or through cable cut-outs, and surprisingly, even through holes in the computer room’s perimeter walls.
Whilst the implementation of solutions to these problems may appear simple enough, a complete understanding of the potential consequences of any action taken is necessary. Adjusting the quantity or location of perforated tiles or closing openings is a high-risk proposition. Making these adjustments in the wrong sequence can result in very rapid ambient temperature changes. It is critical that IT and data centre managers have a full understanding of the airflow dynamics in the room before attempting these modifications. Failure to do so could result in severe hardware damage before it is even recognized that temperatures are out of control.
It is also not as simple as turning up the air-conditioning as cooling overcapacity is not a predictor of successful cooling. Traditionally the response to increase in temperature has been to install more cooling however, not only is it mostly ineffective, new cooling equipment is expensive, often takes months to install and the construction work required can increase the risk of unintended downtime. In fact, studies have shown that installing more cooling equipment is likely to make existing problems worse.
Who should attend?
Anyone involved in the management and maintenance of data centres and server rooms will find this seminar invaluable. The solutions suggested by The Uptime Institute to these problems have been demonstrated to have significant effects on the elimination of hot spots and the successful cooling of data centres. This in turn results in far less equipment downtime or total failure, and saves considerable sums of money for any organisation which relies on its data centre or server rooms.
Who are The Uptime Institute?
Originally established as a network of IT and Data Centre managers, the US based Uptime Institute is now the industry leader when it comes to research and best practice methodology in the management and maintenance of data centre facilities, with a specific focus on “mission critical” facilities.
Commonly known in the industry as “Dr Bob”, Dr Sullivan’s experience and knowledge of this industry are second to none and he spends much of his time lecturing around the world on the multitude of issues that relate to the effective management and running of data centres and server rooms.
Where & When
The first Data Clean Europe on How to Successfully Cool High-Density IT Hardware is being held in Dublin, Ireland on the 17th and 18th January 2008. The venue for the conference will be the Irish Management Institute, Sandyford Road, Dublin 16.
Places on this conference are limited. For further information or to book your place please contact Data Clean Europe by email at seminar@DataCleanEurope.com
