High Density Cooling
High Performance – Modular, scalable, efficient
Despite a dramatic rise in climate control requirements, cooling practice in many companies has changed little in decades. Traditional room temperature control concepts soon reach their limitations. The consequence: High on-going operating costs, low levels of effi ciency, a lack of investment confi dence, and reduced operational reliability. The modular confi guration and scalability of the climate control innovation Rittal Liquid Cooling Package (LCP) help to minimise investment costs and maximise investment confi dence, while providing suffi cient scope for future extensions. The result? Solutions that are geared to your specifi c requirements, which may be rapidly supplemented or replaced as your needs change. The Liquid Cooling Packages (LCPs) family allows Data Centres to be extended in a temperature-neutral way, without the need for room changes. As a climate control enclosure on the side panel of a server rack, LCP Standard and LCP Plus solve the problem of high power losses for each rack. LCPExtend helps to ease the pressure on the room's existing climate control system by providing additional useful cooling output. The latest dimension in high-performance cooling is the Data Centre solution LCP Plus with a useful cooling output of up to 30 kW per rack. The main benefits to the user are the even distribution of cold air in front of the 482.6 mm (19") level, full accessibility, and optional cooling of one or two server racks with an LCP Standard or LCP Plus. Thanks to the rack optimized design, the air/water heat exchanger is easily integrated into existing infrastructures. Its modular design helps to keep investment to the level currently required.
LCP Extend – Up to 12 kW of Cooling
To support existing air-conditioning systems, Rittal is now offering liquid based cooling systems for retrofitting on server racks. The new LCP (liquid cooling package) unit is based on an air/water heat exchanger technology and solves the problem of high heat losses of up to 10 kW per rack. Without having to modify existing series of enclosures, the innovation can be attached as an independent cooling unit to the rear doors of practically any rack - and while the rack is in operation. The hot air, dissipated towards the rear by the servers, is forced through the air/water heat exchanger by fan units and then expelled. However, connection to a circulatory cooling-water supply is necessary before the LCP unit can be installed.
LCP Standard – Up to 20 kW of Cooling
The Rittal Liquid Cooling Package (LCP) standard is installed as a climate control enclosure at the side of a server rack, it solves the problem of high heat losses with a scalable cooling system based on air-water heat exchangers. The enclosure houses one, two or three air-water heat exchangers with cooling capacities of 4 kW each. The full confi guration, therefore, delivers a standard cooling capacity of 12 kW - with options to raise this further to up to 20 kW. The cold air is introduced laterally - directly in front of each server row - and thus ensures constant and equal thermal conditions. Each module possesses its own control unit, but can also be incorporated into the user's overall monitoring network.
LCP Plus – Up to 30 kW of Cooling
LCP Plus solves the problem of high power dissipation of up to 30 kW per rack. It is fi tted as an environmentally controlled chamber on the side of a server rack. Major advantages for the user are the even distribution of the chilled air in front of the 19" level, complete accessibility and cooling, of either one or two server racks with one LCP. As a standard, a cooling performance of up to 30 kW is provided. The cold air is blown in horizontally - directly in front of the rows of servers - and ensures smooth thermal conditions. The LCP possesses its own regulation system, which can be integrated into a superordinate monitoring network via Computer Multi Control Top Concept (CMC-TC). The user benefi ts from comprehensive safety features.
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