HP Modular Cooling System manual Cooling strategies for IT equipment, Technology brief

Cooling strategies for IT equipment

Technology brief

Introduction	2
Limits of traditional cooling practices	2
Free cooling strategies	4
Air-side economization	5
Water-side economization	6
Benefits and disadvantages of free air cooling	6
Air containment strategies	6
Cold-aisle containment	7
Hot-aisle containment	8
Closed-loop cooling systems	9
HP Modular Cooling System	9
HP Performance-Optimized Datacenter	11
Choosing the best cooling strategy	12
Cooling decisions based on facility characteristics	12
Cooling decisions based on room layout	13
Cooling decisions based on server density/power per rack	13
Managing data center cooling	14
Managing ITE cooling with HP Systems Insight Manager	14
Managing the data center environment with HP Environmental Edge	15
Conclusion	15
For more information	16
Call to action	16