by James W. VanGilder, P.E., APC by Schneider Electric, Roger R. Schmidt, Ph.D., P.E., IBM Corporation
Executive Summary
Perforated tiles on a raised floor often deliver substantially more or less airflow than expected, resulting in inefficiencies and even equipment failure due to inadequate cooling. In this paper, the impact of data center design parameters on perforated tile airflow is quantified and methods of improving airflow uniformity are discussed.
This paper was written jointly by APC and IBM for the ASME InterPACK ’05 conference.