Patent ID: 8725307
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for evaluating cooling performance of equipment in a data center, the equipment including a plurality of equipment racks and at least one cooling provider, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of measured inlet air temperature and exhaust air temperature values for the at least one cooling provider and a subset of the plurality of equipment racks; implementing a cooling model, the cooling model including: adjusting the ambient air temperature value and each airflow value of the plurality of airflow values in the cooling model; adjusting the cooling model to compensate for the adjusted ambient air temperature value and each airflow value of the plurality of airflow values in the cooling model; substituting a first subset of the plurality of inlet air temperature and exhaust air temperature values in the cooling model with the plurality of measured inlet air temperature and exhaust air temperature values; and predicting a second subset of the plurality of inlet air temperature and exhaust air temperature values for the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider in the cooling model; wherein adjusting the cooling model to compensate for each adjusted airflow value of the plurality of airflow values includes determining a set of factors for the plurality of airflow values, wherein the set of factors reduces a difference between the plurality of measured inlet air temperature and exhaust air temperature values and the second subset of the plurality of inlet air temperature and exhaust air temperature values.