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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2011
Applicants:
James W. Vangilder, Pepperell, MA (US);
Saurabh K. Shrivastava, Lowell, MA (US);
Xuanhang Zhang, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Inventors:
James W. VanGilder, Pepperell, MA (US);
Saurabh K. Shrivastava, Lowell, MA (US);
Xuanhang Zhang, Tewksbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
Schneider Electric IT Corporation, North Billerica, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Aspects of the invention are directed to systems and methods for designing and analyzing data centers. One aspect is directed to a method of determining cooling characteristics of a data center. The method includes receiving data related to a configuration of equipment in the data center, identifying rack clusters in the configuration of equipment, and determining a cooling metric for at least one equipment rack of at least one rack cluster.