Patent ID: 8467906
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: G05D,G06F,H05K,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A data center system comprising: a partition arranged between a cold aisle on a first side of the partition and a hot aisle on a second side of the partition; a plurality of servers arranged in the partition so that each server has an input opening positioned on the first side of the partition in communication with the cold aisle and an output opening on the second side of the partition in communication with the hot aisle; an air supply unit, located external to the plurality of servers, configured to pressurize the cold aisle relative to the hot aisle, so that air flows from the cold aisle to the hot aisle through the servers; one or more exhaust units external to the plurality of servers configured to extract air from the hot aisle; a load balancer coupled to a plurality of servers and to a control unit which is coupled to the one or more exhaust units, the load balancer configured to receive data from one or more sensors at each of a plurality of locations proximate to one or more servers describing a pressure difference between the cold aisle and the hot aisle, receive requests for processing by one or more servers and the load balancer including computer program code stored on a memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the computer program code including instructions for: