We also use our custom-made aluminum frames in case of gaps within a row or in case of rows of different length. The frames are mounted between the cabinets and provide a highquality climate barrier. This means, cold aisles are consistently separated from surrounding warm areas, and vice versa.

Vertically attached partition elements enable containment up to the ceiling. With warm aisle containment, this makes it possible to create a recirculation plenum for the cooling units with a hung ceiling. The airconditioning circuit in the data centre is thus closed without enabling the warm and cold air to mix.

This solution is frequently used for computer rooms with only one row of cabinets. The vertical containment functions as a partition between the warm-air-area behind the cabinets and the cold-air-area in front of them. Independent of the type of air conditioning (raised-fl oor or in-row air-conditioning) the cooling system cools the air and leads it from the warm-air-area of the room to the cold-air-area in the front.

Each rack has its own chimney, which leads the exhaust air into the hung ceiling. The air conditioning, which is also connected to the hung ceiling, cools the exhaust air and recirculates it either into the raised floor or directly into the room.

Our fl exible partition walls are an especially fast and fl exible solution to roughly separate cold and warm air zones.

Due to their low weight, these walls can be positioned freely in the data centre and, where required, set to the desired width with just a few hand movements.

A rigid version without width adjustment is also available.

All partition walls are naturally off ered with the usual individuality in their external dimensions and range of materials.

If there is little space available, integrated containment with containers fitted directly to the racks offers the ideal solution.

Besides the low surface area, there is an additional advantage in that the cold air zones do not need to be accessed during maintenance work. Employees are thus exposed to fewer temperature fluctuations when working in the data centre.

No matter whether small server rooms only consist of one row, a closure should be created for an uneven number of rows, or simply an island solution is required: we have the right solution ready with the one-row concept.

When heat problems occur, there is often little time to react appropriately. In addition, spatial conditions can make it difficult to implement containment, or planned renovation work in a row layout leads to delays in implementing cold aisle containment.

In all these cases in which time is a critical factor, our newly developed mobile containment can provide assistance. Whether in standard dimensions or custom-made for special racks, the mobile containment units can be slid in front of any 19” cabinet without any problems. The cold air flowing from the raised floor is ‘captured’ in the containment frame and provided in sufficient quantities to the user in the rack. No warm air is able to penetrate at all.