Patent ID: 8804333

Claim:
A data room air circulation system, comprising: two racks located side by side, wherein each of the racks has a front, a rear, a first side configured to receive cold air and a second side configured to emit hot air, the second side of one of the racks facing a first side of the other of the racks; at least one computer system component mounted in each of the two racks; a cold aisle located at the front of the racks, the cold aisle containing cold air; a hot aisle located at the rear of the racks, the hot aisle containing hot air, wherein the hot air is cold air that has passed through the at least one of the computer system components; and a baffle, having a front baffle end, a rear baffle end, a hot air side, a cool air side and a height, located between the second side of the one rack and the first side of the other rack such that the front baffle end is attached at or proximate to the front of the one rack, the rear baffle end is attached at or proximate to the rear of the other rack, the hot air side of the baffle faces the second side of the one rack and the hot aisle, and the cool air side of the baffle faces the first side of the other rack and the cold aisle, wherein the baffle separates the cold aisle from the hot aisle for at least the height of the baffle.