System and method for predicting maximum cooler and rack capacities in a data center

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8355890
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12437728

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A system and method for evaluating equipment in a data center, the equipment including a plurality of equipment racks, and at least one cooling provider. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data regarding each of the plurality of equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, the data including a layout of the equipment racks and the at least one cooling provider, a power draw value for each of the equipment racks, and a maximum cooler capacity value for the at least one cooling provider; storing the received data; determining cooling performance of at least one of the plurality of equipment racks based on the layout; determining a cooling load for the at least one cooler and a difference between the cooling load and the maximum cooler capacity value; for each equipment rack, determining a maximum rack capacity based on the layout and the difference between the cooling load and the maximum cooler capacity value; and displaying an indication of the maximum rack capacity for each equipment rack.

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  • AMERICAN POWER CONVERSION CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Shrivastava, Saurabh K Lowell, US 10 550
VanGilder, James W Pepperell, US 29 3998

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