By automatically adjusting cooling capacity to meet changes in IT load, SynapSense Active Control™ provides increased efficiency and immediate energy savings. SynapSense Active Control dynamically manages CRAH temperature set points and fan speeds by monitoring server inlet temperature and subfloor pressure differentials via SynapSense's innovative wireless monitoring sensors. This unique approach to cooling control optimizes CRAH capacity and saves 20-35% of cooling costs.
Data Center Assessment and Optimization Services compliment the Active Control Solution by baselining the data center cooling capacity and optimizing airflow prior to implementing Active Control. This serves to increase reliability, availability and capacity. With SynapSense Active Control, data center operators can fully automate cooling of their server rooms, resulting in immediate energy savings and increased efficiency. Active Control allows data center operators to add IT load, while avoiding the capital cost associated with incremental cooling capacity.
The Active Control three-step process includes:
1. Baseline the Data Center, including environmental conditions, total IT load, cooling capacity and cooling efficiency.
Baseline Temperature & Pressure
2. Optimize Airflow Management. Using industry best practices, a data driven optimization analysis and set of recommendations is provided, detailing potential optimization opportunities, with corresponding cost, expected energy savings and overall return on investment (including payback period). Optimization includes, rebalancing the raised floor, air-mixing mitigation, and matching cooling capacity to IT load.
Improve Airflow Management
3. Active Control optimizes cooling capacity and saves 20-35% of cooling costs by minimizing the fan energy to meet server CFM requirements, while maintaining acceptable server inlet temperatures in the ASHRAE range.
