Patent Publication Number: US-2012043287-A1

Title: Data center

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     1. Technical Field 
     The present disclosure relates to a data center. 
     2. Description of Related Art 
     A data center usually includes a number of server modules arranged on a rack of the data center. The airflow for heat dissipating is generally from front to back in the server modules. However, the interstices between two adjacent server modules and between the server modules and the rack may let hot air vented out at the back flows back into the front side of the server modules. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Many aspects of the present embodiments can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present embodiments. Moreover, in the drawings, all the views are schematic, and like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic, front plan view of an exemplary embodiment of a data center including a server module, two first closing members, and two second closing members. 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic, top plan view of the data center of  FIG. 1 , with a top wall of the data center omitted. 
         FIG. 3  is a schematic, side plan view of the server module, the two first closing members, and the two second closings member of  FIG. 1 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The present disclosure, including the accompanying drawings, is illustrated by way of examples and not by way of limitation. It should be noted that references to “an” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean at least one. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 1 to 3 , an exemplary embodiment of a data center includes a rack  10 , a server module  20  received in the rack  10 , and a number of closing members  3 . The rack  10  includes a top wall  11 , a bottom wall  12  substantially parallel to the top wall  10 , left and right sidewalls  15  perpendicularly connected between the top wall  11  and the bottom wall  12 , and front and back walls  16 ,  18  perpendicularly connected between the top wall  11  and the bottom wall  12 . 
     The server module  20  includes a top surface  21 , a bottom surface  22  substantially parallel to the top surface  21 , a front surface  23 , and left and right surfaces  25 . The closing members  3  include two first closing members  30  and two second closing members  40 . The first closing members  30  are positioned on the top surface  21  and the bottom surface  22 , respectively. The second closing members  40  are positioned on the side surfaces  25 , respectively. The first closing members  30  and the second closing members  40  are adjacent to the front side surface  23 , and cooperate to form an enclosed rectangular area. 
     The first closing members  30  and the second closing members  40  are bar-shaped and made of heat isolative material. An outside of each of the first closing members  30  and the second closing members  40  is made of plastic film. An inside of each of the first closing members  30  and the second closing members  40  is full of foam. A rear end of each of the first closing members  30  and the second closing members  40  is wedge-shaped. 
     When the server module  20  is installed in the rack  10 , the first closing members  30  resist against the top wall  11  and the bottom wall  12  respectively, and the second closing members  40  resist against the left and right sidewalls  15 , so that the interstice between the top wall  11  of the rack  10  and the top surface  21  of the server module  20 , the bottom wall  12  of the rack  10  and the bottom surface  22  of the server module  20 , the left sidewall  15  of the rack  10  and the left surface  25  of the server module  20 , the right sidewall  15  of the rack  10  and the right surface  25  of the server module  20  are filled with and enclosed by the first closing members  30  and the second closing members  40 , which can avoid hot air vented from the server module  20  flowing back through the interstice. 
     In this embodiment, the wedge-shaped rear ends of the first closing members  30  and the second closing members  40  reduce surface contact area and therefore friction between each of the first closing members  30  and the second closing members  40 , and the rack  10 , for easily sliding the server module  20  in and out of the rack. 
     It is to be understood, however, that even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the embodiments have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the embodiments, the present disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in details, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the embodiments to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.