Liebert Air Conditioning Solutions   - Liebert CRVThe Liebert CRV is a rack-sized self-contained precision cooling system that installs within a row of data center racks-close to the server heat source-for the most efficient cooling of critical IT equipment. The CRV features the Liebert iCOM Control System that modulates unit performance in real-time, based on conditions in the row. Monitoring up to 10 racks with 20 sensors, the Liebert CRV precisely controls air temperature, humidity and filtration in the surrounding racks. As part of Emerson Network Power, Liebert technology delivers flexible, efficient and ultra-reliable Liebert Air Conditioning solutions. Liebert precision cooling products provide the precise, year-round cooling required by sensitive electronics while protecting them from the environmental hazards of dust, temperature and humidity. Liebert solutions include standalone, ceiling and wall-mount systems for spot, room and telecom shelter applications, and liquid chilling systems for medical imaging and industrial equipment.

Liebert has also pioneered the development of new cooling solutions for high-density servers and switches. The Liebert XD family brings unprecedented flexibility and scalability to data center cooling. These solutions can complement existing cooling systems to increase the utilization of data center space and energy, while enabling a tiered approach to cooling based on temperatures within the entire room, specific zones or individual racks. Liebert Air Conditioning Direct Expansion Refrigerant SystemsLiebert XDF - High Heat Density EnclosureLiebert XDF is a secured enclosure with integrated high heat density cooling, providing the benefits of big room support in a cost-effective package. Optimized horizontal air circulation cools the protected equipment, both in standard mode and in the backup ventilation mode.Liebert MCR - Mini Computer Room EnclosureThe Liebert MCR is a rack enclosure with integrated cooling and optional UPS protection, designed to ensure the long-term viability of IT equipment or other critical electronics.  

Liebert Air Conditioning Floor Mount Precision Cooling SystemsLiebert Challenger 3000Liebert Challenger3000 provides complete control of temperature, humidity and air filtration. The unit offers an extremely compact footprint, ideal for facilities where space is at a premium. All critical components are front-accessible, so the unit may be corner-installed or installed flush against other equipment.  Liebert Cooling ApplianceDescriptionLiebert XDF High Heat Density EnclosureLiebert MCRMini Computer Room EnclosureLiebert ChallengerFloor Mount Precision Cooling System Liebert Water Coolant SystemsLiebert Cooling ApplianceDescriptionLiebert XDK-WRack Enclosure with Integrated Water-Based Cooling for High Heat Density ElectronicsLiebert XDR-WBack-of-Rack Cooling ModuleLiebert XDP-WWater-Based Cooling Pumping UnitComputer Room Air Conditioning (and computer room air conditioners - CRAC's) help keep your data center cool. However, as equipment in your computer room becomes more complex and compact, computer rooms are watching their power draw and heat generation quickly rise.

The increase in computer room power consumption, density, and heat generation requires a more exact approach to computer room air conditioning than ever before. Cooling the computer room used to be a relatively painless affair. When data centers were expending less power and generating less heat per square foot, a technician or administrator could simply offset the heat from equipment with additional CRAC units within the computer room, without much regard for an over-all cooling plan. 45 ton ac unitSimply pumping cold air in the room was enough to bring down the temperature. uv lights for ac- do they workDownload PDF:Guide to Computer Room Air Conditioning and Monitoring Now, however, that proves to be a feeble way to cool your computer room. average cost for car ac repair

Hot air is generated by computer room equipment quickly. Simply turning the thermostat down doesn't offer the cooling you need to safeguard your equipment. Cool air must circulate to ensure that heat is displaced. To achieve the air circulation necessary to keep the computer room cool, many technicians are placing racks in hot and cold configurations. They place their computers and racks on raised floors, two tiles apart, with their air intakes facing each other. CRAC units pump cool air through perforated floor tiles between the racks, the computers and racks intake the cool air and exhaust hot air into the opposing, hot aisle. Computer room air conditioning units on the floor then pull in the hot air exhausted into the hot aisles, and release it underneath the floor tiles, completing the cycle. In this way, a series of CRAC units can keep cool air running through the system and help keep a steady airflow through the environment. It's even become common to take advantage of the space above computers and racks, and make another "hot aisle" of the room's ceiling, where heat normally escapes and hovers.

To keep the whole computer room cool, technicians advocate turning the area above racks into a hot air plenum by placing ducts and more CRAC units. Hot air escapes into the plenum to be pushed back into the system, below the floor, where it can be cooled and released back into the system. This works for your computer room by both removing hot air from the data center and, bringing in more hot return-air helps the heat exchangers in the CRAC units produce colder air to pump out to the computer room floor. A diagram of the hot-cold aisle strategy for computer room air conditioning While this hot aisle cooling method is preferred in many computer rooms, and is much more efficient than simply pumping cold air into the room, the system is heavily dependent on its component pieces � CRAC units. To keep the computer room cool, you'll have to monitor your CRAC units to make sure they're working properly, all of the time. A failure of any one system can result in dangerously high temperatures.

Simple discrete alarming devices can help report malfunctions, so when one of your CRAC units has a problem, for any reason, you can respond accordingly. Of course, monitoring your computer room's air conditioning systems means much more than simply monitoring the CRAC units themselves, because even if they're working, there's no guarantee that the cool air they pump into the environment is making it to your equipment. And since there's no guarantee of homogenized equipment across the computer room, it's likely that you'll have hot and cold spots. To ensure that your CRAC units are working properly and keeping the computer room cool, you'll have to check airflow both below the floor and above, temperature throughout the room to check for hot and cold spots. Fortunately, there are a number of small devices that can fit in line with your computers and monitor your computer room's environment. DPS Telecom's TempDefender is specially designed to monitor conditions in your computer room. The small, rack mountable RTU connects to up to 16 analog sensors, to measure the temperature, humidity, air flow, smoke, or any other conditions you may be worried about in your server room.

Sensors for the TempDefender are daisy-chainable via RJ-11 connectors, and can be assembled in any configuration, so you can run a set of sensors through your server room without running 16 cables across your computer room, all the way back to your temp defender. You can run sensors from a temp defender to monitor air flow in your hot aisles, temperature in your hot and cold spots, and humidity at the return air space, all from one RTU. TempDefender monitors your computer room air conditioning systems to ensure the safety of your equipment and optimal operating conditions. Preventing hardware failures and shutdowns due to poor data center conditions keeps costs down The TempDefender also has 8 dry contact alarms and 3 control relays so you can augment monitoring and control for devices inside your cabinet. Or, mount your temp defender near HVAC equipment and monitor both environment and HVAC equipment for failures. While the computer room is a delicate environment, you don't want to have to play babysitter to a bunch of computers.

When TempDefender measures a threshold alarm for any of the environmental factors it's monitoring, it can send a trap to your master station or email you directly. It also has an easy-to-use web interface, so you can see what's going on in your data center in real time. Of course, you don't have to monitor your whole data center with one device, or even run sensors throughout the data center. Hot, cold, and humid spots will appear throughout the room naturally both because varying equipment will emit varying amounts of hot air, and because air is simply a hard element to control. You could simply install monitoring devices individually with your cabinets, so you can monitor your each individual cabinet, thereby giving you a good over-all view of the computer room environment. DPS Telecom recommends the NetGuardian 216 device for this sort of application, because it has the both the dry contacts you need to monitor the data center equipment in your cabinets, and four analog inputs you can use to measure the environment inside or just outside your cabinet.