Comments on: The Cold Aisle http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/07/09/the-cold-aisle/ Fresh Thinking on IT Operations Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:12:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: The safety of personel working within the data center is absolutely critical and there are a number of key issues to be concerned with: | The Hot Aisle http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/07/09/the-cold-aisle/comment-page-1/#comment-113 The safety of personel working within the data center is absolutely critical and there are a number of key issues to be concerned with: | The Hot Aisle Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:23:12 +0000 http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/07/09/the-cold-aisle/#comment-113 [...] had two great questions from Hot Aisle readers following the latest article on Cold Aisle containment. Dan asked about the impact on fire suppression and Mark asked about where we got the transparent [...] [...] had two great questions from Hot Aisle readers following the latest article on Cold Aisle containment. Dan asked about the impact on fire suppression and Mark asked about where we got the transparent [...]

]]> By: Steve O'Donnell http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/07/09/the-cold-aisle/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Steve O'Donnell Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:09:04 +0000 http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/07/09/the-cold-aisle/#comment-108 Hi Dan, Thanks for the question - it is really valid and important. First thing is that you must have sufficient gas discharge points inside the contained area if it is a cold aisle or outside the contained area if it is a hot aisle. This is because the gas will always follow the route of airflow - viz cold to hot. Usually it is relatively simple to move these to suit with minimal expense. Perhaps I will blog this in more detail in a few days. Would that be helpful? Hope that helps Steve Hi Dan,

Thanks for the question – it is really valid and important. First thing is that you must have sufficient gas discharge points inside the contained area if it is a cold aisle or outside the contained area if it is a hot aisle. This is because the gas will always follow the route of airflow – viz cold to hot. Usually it is relatively simple to move these to suit with minimal expense.

Perhaps I will blog this in more detail in a few days. Would that be helpful?

Hope that helps

Steve

]]> By: Dan http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/07/09/the-cold-aisle/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Dan Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:32:13 +0000 http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/07/09/the-cold-aisle/#comment-107 When retro-fitting in this fashion what steps are required to ensure there is no interference with the existing fire suppression ? When retro-fitting in this fashion what steps are required to ensure there is no interference with the existing fire suppression ?

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