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Thankfully, there are many options available, including ventilation fans, rear doors to maximize air flow, portable air conditioning units, skirts and barriers to help direct and contain hot and cold air, and more. We also offer controls that help monitor temperatures and can automatically turn on fans and cooling equipment when needed. Let's Talk About Data Center Cooling When it comes to data centers and server rooms, temperature management is one of the most important challenges that must be tackled. The simple fact is that heat isn't very good for electronics, and conversely, servers generate a lot of heat. The more servers you pack into a finite space, the more heat you're going to generate. Overheating can lead to damaged components, not to mention downtime, both of which can have dire consequences.

There are many ways to manage heat and introduce cooling into a server environment, from air conditioning to layout design. We'll take a look at them, but first let's go into a little history. In the Beginning. One of the early methods of cooling data centers was the 'chaos' air distribution methodcatchy name, right? In this method, you had computer room air conditioning (CRAC) units around the perimeter of the data center that would supply lots and lots of cold air into the room, which would cool the equipment and push hot air toward the return ducts to be cooled by the CRACs.

This wasn't ideal for a lot of reasons. The cool air didn't always get where it was most needed, and the hot air didn't always make it to the return ducts, instead getting into server air intakes and making equipment dangerously hot. Additionally, in an effort to deliver more cool air, the CRACs would pump out air too quickly for the server intakes to draw it in, so it would end up funneled right back into the return ducts before it even had a chance to cool the equipment. Obviously, this wasn't sustainable, so eventually a layout was developed that helped deal with these issues. You're Hot, Then You're Cold. The first steps you can take to manage your airflow have to do with how your area is set up. The development of 'Hot aisle/cold aisle' helped solve a lot of the problems with the 'chaos' method, and has become the go-to layout for servers.

Basically, you set up your equipment so that the intakes (for cold air) are facing toward each other and the exhausts (for hot air) face each other (or the wall AC units). The area with exhausts facing become 'hot aisles' while those with intakes facing each other are the 'cold aisles'. Typically, air from the hot aisle is captured by CRAC units, cooled, and then fed into the cold aisle via perforated raised flooring systems. It's Gettin' Hot in Here. There's still a problem with hot aisle/cold aisle, however: hot air and cold air can still meander into undesired areas. That's why, after your aisles are set up in this configuration, you'll need to institute a containment method to keep the cold air away from the hot air and vice versa.

Think of it like Ghostbusters, only instead of trying to keep a bunch of spooky specters from running amok in New York City, you're trying to keep the hot air from invading your cool spaces and ruining its chill vibe. There are many items available to aid in managing the airflow in your server environment. that attach via magnets or Velcro to the bottom or top of an enclosure help to block air that might pass underneath or over the top of a server cabinet.

can help to keep air from traveling through unused rack space. They can be purchased in. or can help create a snug fit barrier around any cable bundles or pipes that may pass between hot and cold areas, which mitigates the amount of heat and cold that can escape between the aisles. can also help redirect hot air upwards and away from cold aisles.

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Think Beyond the CRAC While CRAC units are still used to cool data centers, there are many supplemental cooling products that complement a CRAC unit as well., such as the ClimateCab AC units by Black Box, can attach directly to racks or enclosures to cool components, rather than the area around them. There are also a wide variety of fan cooling options available. Can help keep individual components cool during operation, and are an option for rack set ups in confined spaces, where larger AC units may not be needed or practical. They typically take up as little as 1U of rack space and can install directly into your rack or enclosure. Data Center Feng Shui A final word on data center design: whenever possible, it's ideal to design the room around the equipment, not vice versa. In practicality, of course, this isn't always possible.

However, the traditional method of shoving as much IT and cooling equipment in a room as is physically possible has some obvious flaws that could cause serious issues down the road. We can't all be Google and Facebook, obviously, designing data centers the size of giant warehouses to fit our server demands. However, it's still a good idea not to overload a space with more equipment than it can handle. You'll end up paying in the long run, so be sure that your cooling power is able to meet the demands of your heat generation, in a way that's efficient enough not to break your budget. If you need help selecting a solution for your cable management needs, feel free to call our friendly and knowledgeable staff at 1-866-222-0030.

Summary by Cooler Type As we know a lot of you will want to see what the best performing cooler of a specific type is, we thought we'd do you a bit of a summary that looks at each style of cooler in turn. 140mm Fan Based Twin Stack Coolers Where better to start than with the big boys. Of course, the Noctua NH-D15 comes out on top in sheer performance terms, but the Cryorig R1 Ultimate is only a fraction of a degree behind it, with the same going for the universal (low RAM interference) versions of both of these coolers. We have to say though, that where we've always been uninspired by the aesthetics of the Noctua, the Cryorigs have has us drooling over the test rig.

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Basically, if you don't mind trading 0.25 of a degree for something that looks sexy then the Cryorig is the one to go for. It certainly gets our vote as it matches the performance, quality and price of the Noctua and beats it hands down with looks. See Noctua, it can be done! If however you don't fancy forking out £65-£70 for any of the above coolers you might want to have a look at the Raijintek Tisis. It's just 2.75 degrees of the pace of the NH-D15, and only 0.75 degrees of the pace of the R1 Universal but will only cost you £44.99 which is an absolute steal 140mm Single Stack Coolers Losing a fin stack but staying with the 140mm fan based units it's still a noctua in the lead by a cool 2degrees over it's next nearest rival, the Scythe Mugan Max, which as you might imagine are considerably cheaper being a good £12 less than the Noctua. Thing is, you wouldn't pick either of them as a prom date so if you're willing to trade 1.5 degrees off the performace of the Scythe for unquestionably better looks, then you can have the Cryorig H5 Universal for a penny less at £37.99.

You may have noticed that while we're talking about looks we haven't mentioned the bequiet Dark Rock3. The reason for this is that although it's a pretty sexy cooler, it falls short in the performance stakes to the point where we couldn't really recommend at the price of £51.75. 120mm Fan Based Single and Twin Stack Coolers Surprisingly there were only two 120mm fan based twin stack coolers in the test.

Even more surprisingly (or perhaps not) the single slim stack Noctua NH-U12S is tied for first place with the very thick single stack Scythe Ninja, OK, so the Ninja costs £11.50 less but the Ninja looks more like a twin stack that somebody forgot to chop in half than a traditional single stack cooler, so you have to ask why isn't it dissipating the heat. And as for the bequiet, Dark Rock Pro3, that thing actually is a twin fan, twin stack cooler costing a heck of a lot more money and totally failing to perform as well as it should, as does the Gelid 'The Black Edition'. The real star of this show though is the Arctic Freezer i32.

At just £23.97 it's extremely affordable and only 2 degrees off the pace of the Noctua which will cost you more than twice as much. Top Flow Coolers (120mm and 140mm) If you're building into a SFF or HTPC case then clearance above the CPU can be an issue. This is, of course where the Top Flow fans come into their own. In a bit of a shock result for Noctua, it's actually the SilverStone NT06 Pro that takes first place, with both of these 120mm fan based units beating the pair of 140mm fan based units.

Temps wise, as there's actually only 1 degree separating all four coolers in this category, you'd be well advised to make you purchase based on either cost or aesthetics. 92mm Fan Based Coolers Ah, the mighty minis. Don't underestimate these small but perfectly formed coolers for a second though, they are often capable of some truly inspiring performance. Take for example the pair of Noctuas, both of which out perform every cooler in the Top Flow category, and the mighty Arctic Freezer i11 which beats a good many 120mm and 140mm tower coolers costing much more than it's £23.9. If you want real bang for your buck though, take a look at the Cryorig M9, this absolute belter of a cooler will keep the lid on things at 4.7GHz and is the cheapest cooler in the mega test costing only £16.98.

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