by What is cold aisle containment ?
Cold aisle containment simply is separating cold air supplied to the equipment intake from the hot air exhaust & by doing this energy saving from 10% to 30% percent can be achieved depending on design criteria.
Factors to consider during cold aisle containment design:
- Thermal backup time.
- Air flow management.
- Firefighting system.
- Increase of cold air supply temperature impact on total room.
One very important benefit for Cold aisle containment that it provide uniform temperature distribution on the servers’ inlet whether the server is installed at rack bottom or top.
Cold aisle containment installation video:
