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Optimize Power and Cooling in the Data Center
Presented by:Amir Radmehr, Director, Innovative Research (TileFlow Software), and Mike Tresh, Director of Product Management, Viridity Software
– Energy Center connects equipment utilization and business value to power consumption
– Time-to-value in hours, not months
– Deploys in minutes, not weeks
No additional hardware required No server agents required
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The Leader in Data Center Infrastructure Management Software
– The first CFD tool dedicated to data centers
– Extensively validated against measurements
– Highly satisfied user base
– Has become the industry standard
– Actively enhanced every year
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A Tool for Simulating Cooling Performance of Data Centers
A critical issue with High Density DCs is the production of high heat loads within a limited floor area.
Building energy codes are causing companies to re-think DC thermal management: (Standard 90.1) requires efficient cooling ;
systems must use airside economizers; includes all commercial buildings DCs
Save Energy Now aims to reduce energy use in U.S. data centers 10% by 2011
Compliance with various standards such as ASHRAE TC9.9 and LEED
Drivers Impacting DC Thermal Management
75% of medium-to-large enterprises are implementing “high density” computing platforms. - this number will approach 100% by 2010 . – IDC
Data centers are experiencing high heat load densities
Pressure to optimize cooling schemas, equipment layout, and HVAC deployment
Effective ventilation and cooling is critical to ensure uninterrupted operation
The environmental conditions are controlled by numerous factors, these include: Layout and open area of perforated tiles Location and characteristics of the cooling units Layout and heat loads of server racks Presence of obstructions Complex air flow and thermal dispersion
Optimizing DC Thermal Management is Complex
The following are some of the techniques for improving thermal management of DCs:
Modify layout and/or open area of the perforated tiles Change locations of cooling units/add new cooling units Include Return ceiling plenum - use of Chimney racks Incorporate hot aisle/cold aisle containment systems
Managers of these facilities are turning to airflow modeling for cooling optimization
Airflow modeling allows engineers to consider several design options in the minimum amount of time – eliminating “best-guess” approach to design.
Strategies for Improved DC Thermal Management
Airflow modeling enables optimization of cooling management of DC: Evaluate several options to determine optimum solution Reduce capital expense and running cost Save time on commissioning Reduce data center TCO
Strategies for Improved DC Thermal Management
TileFlow predicts the temperature distribution and airflow pattern throughout the data center, including the under-floor supply plenum and the space above.
TileFlow can model the most complex DCs.
Introduction to TileFlow
Customized user interface and solution technique
Robust models and algorithms
Unparalleled ease of use
Unmatched solution speed
Thoroughly validated
A two-hour training session is adequate to get started
Distinguishing Features of TileFlow
Attractive displays of airflow and temperature distribution
Animations of air movement and temperature traverses
Temperature fog to visualize hot spots
Flashing lights for overheated racks
Customized HTML report
AVI movies
Distinguishing Features of TileFlow
Simulate the cooling performance of data centers
Identify and eliminate hot spots
Understand the operation of cooling devices
Evaluate new cooling solutions
Get guidance for expansion
Study “what if” scenarios
Investigate cooling failures and redundancy
Applications of TileFlow
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EnergyCenter OverviewDashboard highlights
Datacenter 3-D view
Datacenter power utilization history
Current vs. Allocated power usage
# of assets placed in the datacenter
$ cost (power only) of the associated underutilized assets
How busy are my server CPU’s?
How many servers might be stranded?
What are the stranded servers costing me?
# Free Rack Units
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EnergyCenter Overview
• Model datacenter allowing user to build, expand, organize DC's based on operational asset intelligence
EnergyCenter tracks asset details such as weight and provisioned power
Organize View
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EnergyCenter OverviewRack Organize view
Specific asset information viewable when cursor is placed over the server icon
• Model asset placement in racks
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EnergyCenter OverviewInventory view
• EnergyCenter’s discovery mechanism allows the product to maintain detailed asset inventory information
Asset rack assignment and elevation
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EnergyCenter Overview
• EnergyCenter is the only product which derives power utilization based on CPU usage.
• Server utilization views may be used to show trending of server utilization, power, and cost.
Server Utilization view
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EnergyCenter OverviewUnderutilized Server View ( 1 of 2 )
• EnergyCenter will allow customers to visualize the amount of power being consumed by the assets with the lowest utilization.
• View may be filtered by asset owner, contact, or at application level
• Reports yearly power cost based on avg CPU utilization
• Assets can be considered for virtualization, consolidation, or elimination
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EnergyCenter OverviewUnderutilized Server View ( 2 of 2 )
• EnergyCenter will also help customers identify the location of their underutilized assets when switching from the graphical to the 2-D view
• 2-D visualization of the datacenter highlights racks with underutilized assets.
• Select a rack in the 2-D view to see the details in the right-side inspector window. Underutilized servers are highlighted in “blue”.
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EnergyCenter OverviewRack Power views
• EnergyCenter allows the customer to monitor power utilization at the rack level (orange line).
• EnergyCenter leverages its unique power profile database to graph the worst case power utilization value (in green).
• Remaining power capacity is the difference between the blue and green lines
• Change the view to “Average Power” to get a per-asset view of the power utilization in the rack.
• Move the cursor over specific slices to view average utilization and yearly cost info.
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CFD Simulation – Air Flow simulation CFD analyses enriched by Viridity intelligence to improve DC layout and airflow dynamics
•Top Down View shows Heat load distribution
TileFlow using PDU based loading
TileFlow using imported Viridity actual IT consumption based loading
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• Rack temperatures at top of racks from CFD analysis.• In the current layout, many servers inlet temperatures were measured above 90 degrees (with some over 100 degrees). Viridity’s on-site visual inspection of the datacenter confirmed these temperature calculations.
ASHREA recommends for inlet temperatures for servers in category 1 datacenters remain below 98 degrees.
Viridity can extract EnergyCenter polling and modeling information and incorporate the results into a CFD tool.
Using PDU based even distribution of power and consequential heal do not uncover as many potential areas of concern
Using CFD tools like TileFlow with actual consumption information allow you to better predict air flow
CFD Simulation – Rack Inlet Temperatures
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“The only Data Center Energy Management solution that provides detailed understanding of power consumption within hours of beginning deployment”
-- Andy Lawrence – The 451 Group
EnergyCenter
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Q & A
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