The enclosure walls, in an average cabinet, suffocate the air flow. This would likely lead to processors, disks, and data being damaged due to thermal failures. The other challenge in racking the Enterprise 4000 and 4500 servers is that the hot spent air builds up inside the cabinet. Since average enclosures suffocate airflow, it is very difficult for hot spent air to leave the structure and cool air to enter. This causes other computers inside the cabinet eventually to draw the hot air in through their cool air vents.
Thermal failures are then imminent.
Fresh cool air is drawn in from the front of the cabinet and is circulated through the computers. The hot spent air is captured and expelled out the rear of the cabinet. All rights reserved. Terms of Use . Privacy Policy .