Cooling Datacenters with Air was Never a Good （数据中心冷却和空气一直都不是一个好的）.pdfVIP

Cooling Datacenters with Air was Never a Good Idea ITherm 2014 Air Cooling – A Bad Idea Air is an Insulator! Cold Air Sinks! Humidity Control is Essential! Air Corrodes Contacts! Pollution Degrades Electronics! Tweaking air cooling to make it a bit better makes no sense Making liquid cooling practical is the right answer © LCS 2014 - Proprietary and Confidential 2 Fans are the Problem Fans Waste Energy • 15% of total datacenter energy is used to move air • Additionally fans in the chassis can use 20% of IT power • Fans are inefficient and generate heat that must be removed Fans Waste Space • Racks need room to breathe • CRAC units require space around the racks • White space often requires raised floors and high ceilings Fans Reduce Reliability • Fans fail • Thermal fluctuations drive solder joint failures • Fretting induced by vibration corrodes electrical contacts • Fans expose electronics to air • Oxidation/corrosion of electrical contacts • Exposure to electrostatic discharge events • Sensitivity to ambient particulate, humidity or temperature conditions © LCS 2014 - Proprietary and Confidential 3 LCS Technology Eliminates Fans Patented Directed-Flow Technology • No fans or other moving parts in the chassis • Total liquid submersion in a eco-friendly dielectric fluid • Rack-mounted devices are easy to maintain • Within a device “cool” liquid is circulated directly to the components with the highest power density • The remaining components are cooled by bulk flow as the dielectric fluid is drawn through the unit to a return manifold • Electronics are decoupled from the environment How it Works