The Two Sides Of Data Center Flooring

Tuesday, 17 May 2016

By Ann Bell


Centers like these are facilities that have the job of housing a number of computer and storage systems, telecommunications, and even other important examples. What can be found out there are useful backup supplies of power, connections, fire suppression, air conditioners, and others. The truth is facilities like these, especially large businesses, can use a lot of electricity that can be compared to the amount of energy utilized by a town.

To work in a facility that requires lots of tasks, there is also a need to have its floor system successfully improved or upgraded. No one wants to work in a place that does not offer comfort, convenience, and efficiency. However, there are two sides to every story which is why we must determine both the good and the bad of data center flooring.

Cold water as well as refrigeration pipes have proper containment I being chilled or stored which brings a positive result to the business. Leakages can always happen if we have the piping to be placed at the top or the ceiling and that has been done in the traditional setting too which is not a wise protocol. That is why the best practice is to have them placed under and not on top. It can drain substances as well.

Another benefit we can receive is from its air distribution for keeping things cooled down in the company. There is the close control unit and this goes along with the air conditioners that discharge cold vertically. That implies how the targeted areas we want to be cool is possible due to an upgrade of the floor.

Expect ground reference grids to also be there. Those significant components that we have should be near a ground grid where the surface being improved is found. Now we know why the purpose of its placement is found below instead of above.

There is a low voltage cabling which is significant for individuals due to its prevention against distortion of certain signals. That is strategically made to be of a small size because manufacturers do not want it to be blocking the flow of cold air. A good strategy would be to divide the power and data cabling from one another which has been what most centers have practiced.

Things do not always stay good as it seems because if there are advantages, disadvantages also exist. One of which is the difficulty in terms of having access to different components because as time goes by, those components shall multiply when necessary and that makes our access to those to become complex. This is why we should always observe or monitor about installing various units.

Do not forget that there are also limitations especially in the loading of floors. We are already aware how there can be another equipment being added at some point when the raised surface is done. Some components cannot be given accommodation because of the loading limitation.

Situations like the occurrence of earthquakes can be a problem since it is hard for us to notice that. The seismic rating is difficult for us to know inside its facility. That is definitely dangerous because people may die from earthquakes and we have to be somewhere safe in a situation like that.




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