SG0-001 · Question #51
A SAN administrator in a large datacenter has a number of racks with devices alerting for high temperatures randomly in the datacenter. There is sufficient cooling capacity for the datacenter. Which o
The correct answer is C. Incorporate hot-cold isles. Random overheating issues in a datacenter, despite sufficient cooling capacity, are often due to inefficient airflow distribution and can be resolved by implementing hot-cold aisles.
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A SAN administrator in a large datacenter has a number of racks with devices alerting for high temperatures randomly in the datacenter. There is sufficient cooling capacity for the datacenter. Which of the following design elements will address the random overheating issue?
Options
- ACooling unit relocation
- BAir dams under the raised floor
- CIncorporate hot-cold isles
- DAdequate power circuits
How the community answered
(32 responses)- A9% (3)
- B3% (1)
- C81% (26)
- D6% (2)
Why each option
Random overheating issues in a datacenter, despite sufficient cooling capacity, are often due to inefficient airflow distribution and can be resolved by implementing hot-cold aisles.
Relocating cooling units might redistribute cooling, but without proper hot-cold aisle separation, it may not resolve the fundamental issue of hot and cold air mixing causing random hot spots.
Air dams under the raised floor are used to prevent cold air from bypassing equipment and escaping through unused floor cutouts, which addresses air leakage but not necessarily the mixing of hot and cold air at the equipment level.
Incorporating hot-cold aisles physically separates cold air intake from hot air exhaust, preventing their mixture and ensuring that cold air reaches equipment efficiently, thereby eliminating random hot spots even with sufficient overall cooling capacity.
Adequate power circuits ensure reliable power delivery to equipment but have no direct impact on the physical airflow or temperature distribution within the datacenter.
Concept tested: Datacenter airflow management and hot-cold aisles
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-stack/hci/plan/datacenter-considerations
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