An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Effects of Supply Air Conditions on Computational Efficiency in Data Centers Employing Aisle Containment

Tatchell-Evans, M, Burdett, D, Summers, J orcid.org/0000-0001-8266-5038 et al. (2 more authors) (2017) An Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Effects of Supply Air Conditions on Computational Efficiency in Data Centers Employing Aisle Containment. In: 33rd Thermal Measurement, Modeling & Management Symposium (SEMI-THERM 2017). SEMI-THERM 2017, 13-17 Mar 2017, San Jose, Calif., USA. IEEE , pp. 100-107. ISBN 978-1-5386-1531-7

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Aisle containment is increasingly common in data centres, and is widely believed to improve efficiency and effectiveness of cooling. Investigations into the impacts of aisle containment on the behavior and power consumption of cooling infrastructure and servers have been limited. Nor has the impact of supply air conditions on these factors been extensively investigated. This work uses measurements of bypass in a test data centre and observations on server behavior in a wind tunnel, in conjunction with a system model, to investigate the efficiency with which computations can be undertaken in an aisle contained data centre, and how this is impacted by supply air conditions.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Authors/Creators:	Tatchell-Evans, M Burdett, D Summers, J https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8266-5038 Beaumont, A Fox, G
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	(c) 2017, IEEE. This is an author produced version of a paper published in the proceedings of the 33rd Thermal Measurement, Modeling & Management Symposium. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.
Keywords:	Data centers, computational efficiency, aisle containment, bypass.; Servers, Computational efficiency, Power demand, Computational modeling, Cooling, Ducts, Temperature measurement.
Dates:	Published: 13 April 2017 Accepted: 17 January 2017
Institution:	The University of Leeds
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Mechanical Engineering (Leeds) > Institute of Engineering Thermofluids, Surfaces & Interfaces (iETSI) (Leeds)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Publications
Date Deposited:	23 Jan 2018 17:09
Last Modified:	25 Jan 2018 05:38
Status:	Published
Publisher:	IEEE
Identification Number:	10.1109/SEMI-THERM.2017.7896915
Related URLs:	Author
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:126520

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