IT Equipment Design Impact on Data Center Solutions (ASHRAE Datacom Series Book 13)

Overview

The book is the 13th volume of the Datacom Series prepared by ASHRAE TC 9.9 (product code 90462, 2016). Its purpose is to guide the selection and design configuration of data center infrastructure equipment on the basis of IT equipment design characteristics. This record relies on ASHRAE catalogue and release descriptions; the book itself has not been read. For that reason the record introduces the book's position and purpose rather than summarising its content.

It builds on the previous 12 books in the series. According to the sources, it contains chapters on IT equipment, its thermal design and the interactions between IT and the data center. The approach underlines that cooling and infrastructure decisions cannot be made independently of the real characteristics of the IT hardware. Read together with the other volumes of the series, it provides a frame for understanding the relationship between IT hardware design characteristics and facility infrastructure.

At release it was priced at $50 for ASHRAE members and $59 for non-members. It is also listed as Book 13 (2016a) in the Datacom Series list in the ASHRAE Handbook-HVAC Applications 2019, Chapter 20, and is available from the ASHRAE Bookstore and through a TC 9.9 Datacom Encyclopedia subscription. The information here is catalogue-level only, so this record makes no claims about chapter content, calculation methods or numeric limits.

Key points

1. Datacom Series Book 13, product code 90462.
2. The 13th Datacom book, building on the previous 12.
3. Includes chapters on IT equipment, its thermal design and IT-data center interactions.
4. Price at release was $50 for members and $59 for non-members.
5. Listed as Book 13 (2016a) in ASHRAE Handbook-HVAC Applications 2019, Chapter 20.
6. Aims to guide infrastructure equipment selection based on IT equipment design characteristics.

Using it in design

• Link IT equipment airflow and thermal characteristics in the catalog to facility cooling selection.
• Use the thermal design characteristics of IT hardware as an input when sizing cooling capacity and distribution.
• Cite the book as a reference in joint IT and facilities design meetings.

Who should read it

Facility engineers and IT architects who want to tie cooling and infrastructure selection to IT equipment characteristics.

Publication details

Authors

ASHRAE TC 9.9

Publisher

ASHRAE

Year

2016

Document number

Datacom Series Book 13 (product 90462)

Document language

English

Source type

Standard

Access

Citation only

Licence

Copyright retained; citation only — the publisher’s terms apply to the original document

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