Patent ID: 8554515

Claim:
A method for evaluating equipment in an improper cluster in a data center, the equipment including a plurality of equipment racks, and at least one cooling provider, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer system, data regarding each of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, the data including a layout of the improper cluster of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider; storing, by the computer system, the received data; calculating by the computer system, a modifier value based on characteristics of the improper cluster; calculating, by the computer system, a performance metric for the at least one of the plurality of equipment racks based, at least in part, on the modifier value and the characteristics of the improper cluster; and displaying, by the computer system, the layout of the data center, wherein the layout includes an indication of the performance metric of the at least one of the plurality of equipment racks.