5. Best Practice:
Sealing cable openings in the raised floor
The majority of companies today are investing in expen-
sive cooling technologies to ensure the active hardware in the
racks can operate in a cool environment without failure. In spite
of these expensive investments, companies suffer from over-
heating and system failure caused by hotspots in the data centre.
The culprits are almost always unsealed or insufficiently-sealed cable
openings in the raised floor. The Uptime Institute states that up to 63%
of expensive cooled air is lost through unsealed cable openings; this condi-
tioned air is therefore no longer available for cooling vital locations and cabinets
where servers are located.
Sealing openings puts an end to bypass airflow
Conventionally, these problems have been solved
by increasing the capacity of the cooling systems. Often
companies invest in additional cooling units to maintain
air pressure and air flow. However, this can be done much
more efficiently and at a lower price. Our solutions easily
close and seal cable openings. Your data centre will be
protected against the loss of cooled air, the formation of
hot spots and the risk of downtime. All of this can be done
using existing cooling units while significantly increasing
capacity and increasing efficiency.
Installed in seconds with immediate effects
Our sealing solutions consist of a special filament that seamlessly encloses cables and other equipment
protruding through the raised floor. The system is installed quickly using
a simple installation procedure. This can be either retro-fitted to existing
cabinets without the need for downtime or put into new openings.
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Best Practices
The split seal solutions are ideal for
the usage in existing cabling infrastrcutures.
Sealing cable openings Highlights
• Up to 60% higher energy efficiency in the data centre
• Reliable sealing of openings in the raised floor and elimination of bypass airflow
• Prevents system failures and downtime caused by overheating and hot spots
• Significant increase in under floor air pressure.
Bulky cable bundles are reliable sealed air-tight with
Daxten solutions.