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Solutions
Net-Contain
™
Aisle Containment Systems
Data Center Managers, challenged to maximize the utilization of available rack space and cooling capacity, often increase the
power density per cabinet. As cabinet power densities rise, containment architectures are the optimal approach, ensuring uniform
cooling air temperature is delivered to equipment in high density PODs, which allow full utilization of available cabinet space and
cooling capacity.
Choosing the right aisle containment solution depends upon a number of factors, including:
Net Contain
™
Passive Cold Aisle Containment
The Net-Contain
™
Passive Cold Aisle Containment (CAC) System provides a physical separation between the cold air and the hot
exhaust air by enclosing the cold aisle. The goal of a CAC system is to supply cold air to the cold aisle where the equipment air
intakes are located to optimize airow distribution and improve cooling system thermal performance. As a result, a cold aisle system
is typically used in high-density data centers because it is more efcient to direct cold air onto densely populated racks than to cool
the entire room.
This integrated system is compatible with numerous Panduit product lines including; Net-Access
™
N-Type and S-Type Cabinets,
FiberRunner
®
, and Wyr-Grid
®
Overhead Cable Routing Systems.
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Raised Floor Cold Air Supply
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Raised Floor Cold Air Supply
Raised Floor Cold Air Supply
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Aisle
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Benets
Energy Efciency:
Prevents hot spots and allows installation of high-density server cabinets close together in new builds or existing data centers,
reducing the need for extra real estate and CRAH units lowering operating costs.
Optimized Airow Distribution:
Prevents mixing of cold and hot air streams; eliminates recirculation of hot air to cabinet inlets; provides uniform temperature
at the inlets of IT equipment; prevents cold air bypass optimizing cool air delivery.
Improves Thermal Performance:
Allows raising supply air set point temperature; higher return air temperature increases the thermal efciency of cooling units,
reducing cooling energy cost up to 25 – 30%.
• Channeling cold air directly into the switch intake
• Data center density
• Uniformity of racks and aisles
• Whether “raised oor” cooling is employed
• Availability of a ceiling plenum to accept hot air
• Room height