| Rittal Adds 12kW Cooling Output to Racks |
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| by press-release | |
| Monday, 16 July 2007 | |
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Constantly increasing packing densities as well as the ever increasing processor speeds of high-performance servers are a major contributor to thermal problems in data centres. To support existing air-conditioning systems, Rittal is now offering Australian organisations liquid-based cooling systems for retrofitting on server racks. The new LCP (liquid cooling package) unit is based on air/water heat exchanger technology and solves the problem of high heat losses of up to 12 kW per rack. Without having to modify existing series of enclosures, LCP Extend can be attached as an independent cooling unit to rack rear doors even while the rack is still in operation. The new ready-to-connect cooling unit, which has the outer form of a climate control door, has a heat exchanger module and six hot swappable fans. The cold air supplied by the standard air conditioning units is drawn through the servers and gets heated up. The hot air at the rear of the rack is then drawn in by the fans and passed over the air to a water heat exchanger whereby the energy in the air is transferred to the water in the coil. As the warm air travels over the coil it is cooled down and re-enters the room as cold air. Warm water is then transported to a re-cooling system and cooled down before traveling back to the LCP as cold water. Water can be supplied to the LCP cooling unit either from the top or the base. About Rittal With an off-the-shelf range of over 10,000 standard products, Rittal is one of the world's leading system suppliers of housing and enclosure technologies and an in-demand solutions partner in all segments of the IT market. The company is one of the top international sources of 19" rack systems and is an OEM supplier to numerous leading server manufacturers. The Rittal product range incorporates a multitude of unique solutions for the configuration of complex computer and data processing centres, including network and server racks, power management, cooling, monitoring, IT security and interactive terminal system. Rittal operates 19 high-tech production locations, 60 international subsidiaries, 150 sales and logistics centres, and more than 70 agencies around the globe. With about 9,000 employees worldwide, Rittal International is the largest company of the Friedhelm Loh Group, based in Haiger, Germany. ENDS
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