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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2000
Giovanni Coglitore, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Nikolai Gallo, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jack Randall, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Rackable Systems, LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
This involves the efficient placement of multiple computers within a given site. The available density of computer systems that may be provided at a location is advantageously increased through various features. By placement of access space to all elements which require periodic attention at the front of each computer, the need for significant space at the rear of a computer is eliminated. Such a computer hardware configuration facilitates back-to-back placement of computers in a rack. Racks filled in this manner may be arranged in rows or otherwise. The back-to-back computers in a rack define an air/gas column that may be air conditioned. By drawing air from this column (or forcing it) through a computer from its back/sides to its front/sides across heat-generating components, highly-effective cooling with certain advantages is achieved. Alternately, by drawing air from the environment in which the computers are placed and passing it through the front/sides to the back/sides of the computer across heat-generating components, highly-effective cooling associated with other advantages may be achieved.