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Aisle

The open space between rows of racks. Open airflow designs dictates racks should be arranged with consistent orientation of front and back to create ‘cold’ and ‘hot’a isles; but aisle containment designs and alternative cooling methods may dictate alternate configurations.

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Airside Economizer

A device consisting of fans, ducting and a control which utilizes outside air directly to cool the data center when environmental conditions allow. Air is typically filtered, brought into existing distribution system and then exhausted back to the atmosphere. Economizers can save data center operators substantial operating costs. According to GreenerComputing.org, economization has the potential to reduce the annual cost of a data center’s energy consumption by more than 60 percent. Use of cooler external environmental temperatures to preserve hardware is an important component in sustainable green computing practices in general. Unfortunately, economizers are only useful for data centers located in cooler climates.

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U

Utility/general use cables to be used outdoors, indoors where protected but not in an air plenum.

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