NonStop NS-Series Servers Site Preparation (H06.03+)
HP Site Services
HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Site Preparation Guide—527836-005
B-2
Data Center Layout
NFPA, ASHRAE, and other local codes, standards, and recommendations. These
documents are intended for use by the customer’s architectural and engineering firm to
develop construction-grade drawings and bid specifications. Services offered are:
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Consulting:
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Facility assessment and audit with recommendations
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Layout and installation-horizontal and vertical
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Needs assessment
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Physical security
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Seismic safety and loss mitigation
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Design:
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Conceptual and detailed design
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Project budgeting
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Engineering
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Implementation:
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Project management
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Construction oversight
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Commissioning and final testing
Data Center Layout
This service provides a detailed layout in plan view for all equipment going into a data
center and can:
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Develop a plan for new installations
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Reorganize an existing room
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Document an existing computer room
Standard deliverables are drawings that locate computer equipment, power
receptacles, cable trays (if applicable), cable cutouts, airflow panels, power distribution
units, and air conditioners. Other site preparation work and related drawings can be
requested.
Data Center Thermal Analysis
Integrity NonStop NS-series servers have higher heat densities than the previous
NonStop S-series servers. Proposed site cooling can only be evaluated by the means
of modeling software, called computational fluid dynamics (CFD), which reasonably
predicts patterns of air flow for any given layout. HP has developed an energy-efficient,
smart cooling approach for data centers that uses CFD and other tools to dramatically
reduce energy consumption of the cooling portion of a data center. The approach is to:
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Analyze, model, and design the optimum use of computer-room resources
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Dramatically reduce energy consumption of the cooling portion of a data center.
Smart cooling addresses the design of thermo-mechanically complex data centers and
the immense energy consumption used in cooling. Smart cooling is achieved through
modeling and metrology rather than visceral design.