Archive For March 15, 2011
Two of the highest leverage datacenter efficiency improving techniques currently sweeping the industry are: 1) operating at higher ambient temperatures (http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2011/02/27/ExploringTheLimitsOfDatacenterTemprature.aspx) and air-side economization with evaporative cooling (http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2010/05/15/ComputerRoomEvaporativeCooling.aspx). The American Society of Heating and Refrigeration, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) currently recommends that servers not be operated at inlet temperatures beyond 81F. Its super common to…