Rack system cooling with inclined computing devices
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H05K-007/20
G06F-001/20
출원번호
US-0163939
(2014-01-24)
등록번호
US-9992913
(2018-06-05)
발명자
/ 주소
Czamara, Michael Phillip
Morales, Osvaldo P.
Ross, Peter George
출원인 / 주소
Amazon Technologies, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Kowert, Robert C.
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초록▼
A data center includes one or more racks, one or more computing devices coupled to at least one of the racks, and one or more air moving devices. The computing devices include heat producing components. The computing devices may be inclined in the rack such that the lower ends of the computing devic
A data center includes one or more racks, one or more computing devices coupled to at least one of the racks, and one or more air moving devices. The computing devices include heat producing components. The computing devices may be inclined in the rack such that the lower ends of the computing devices are at a lower elevation than the higher ends of the computing devices. The air moving devices can move air from the lower end of the inclined computing devices to the higher end of the inclined computing devices such that heat is removed from heat producing components in the inclined computing devices.
대표청구항▼
1. A data center, comprising: one or more racks, each of the one or more racks including a front end;one or more servers coupled to at least one of the racks, wherein the one or more servers each comprise heat producing components mounted in an enclosure of the server,wherein the enclosure of at lea
1. A data center, comprising: one or more racks, each of the one or more racks including a front end;one or more servers coupled to at least one of the racks, wherein the one or more servers each comprise heat producing components mounted in an enclosure of the server,wherein the enclosure of at least one of the servers is inclined in the rack such that a lower end of the at least one server is proximate to the front end of the rack and is at a lower elevation than a higher end of the at least one server; andone or more air moving devices configured to move air from the front end of the rack and into the enclosure of the at least one inclined server such that air passes through the at least one inclined server from the lower end of the at least one inclined server to the higher end of the at least one inclined server, to remove heat from at least some of the heat producing components in the at least one inclined server, wherein the enclosure of the at least one inclined server is inclined such that the enclosure is aligned with a direction of airflow through the rack. 2. The data center of claim 1, wherein at least one of the air moving devices is external to the one or more servers. 3. The data center of claim 1, wherein at least one of the air moving devices is coupled to one of the racks, wherein the at least one air moving device is configured to move air through two or more servers in the rack. 4. The data center of claim 1, further comprising at least one air directing device coupled to at least one of the racks, wherein the at least one air directing device is configured to direct air into at least one rack holding at least one inclined server. 5. The data center of claim 1, further comprising one or more air directing devices coupled to at least one of the racks, wherein at least one of the air directing devices comprises one or more louvers, wherein the air directing device is configured to direct air that has exited at least one inclined server through the louvers and out of the rack. 6. The data center of claim 1, wherein at least one inclined server in the rack is inclined at a different angle of inclination than another inclined server in the rack. 7. The data center of claim 1, wherein an angle of inclination of the at least one inclined server corresponds to an angle of inclination of at least a portion of an airflow between the front end of the rack and the lower end of the at least one inclined server. 8. A rack system, comprising: a rack that includes a front end;one or more brackets coupled to the rack, wherein at least one of the brackets is configured to couple with an enclosure of a server and hold the server at an incline in the rack such that a lower end of the server is proximate to the front end of the rack and is at a lower elevation in the rack than a higher end of the server; andthe server, wherein the server is configured to allow air into the enclosure such that air passes through the server from the lower end of the server to the higher end of the server, to remove heat from one or more heat producing components in the server, and wherein the enclosure of the server is inclined such that the enclosure is aligned with a direction of airflow through the rack. 9. The rack system of claim 8, wherein the one or more brackets comprises a pair of opposing L-brackets, wherein each of the opposing L-brackets is configured to support one side of an enclosure of a server. 10. The rack system of claim 9, wherein each L-bracket of the pair of opposing L-brackets is pivotally coupled to the rack. 11. The rack system of claim 8, wherein at least of the one or more brackets has a fixed angle of inclination relative to the rack. 12. The rack system of claim 8, wherein at least one of the one or more brackets is configured to couple with one or more horizontal rails in a rack and to hold one or more servers at an incline relative to the horizontal rails. 13. The rack system of claim 8, wherein at least one of the brackets is configured to couple with a front post at a first elevation and to couple with a rear post at a second elevation that is higher than the first elevation. 14. The rack system of claim 8, further comprising at least one latch mechanism configured to selectively hold at least one of the brackets at a fixed angle of inclination. 15. The rack system of claim 8, further comprising at least one retention device configured to retain one or more servers in the rack. 16. The rack system of claim 8, wherein a first set of one or more servers in the rack are inclined at a different angle of inclination than a second set of one or more servers in the rack. 17. A method of removing heat from servers in a rack, comprising: positioning an enclosure of a server in a rack at an incline such that a lower end of the server is proximate to a front end of the rack and is at a lower elevation than a higher end of the server; andmoving air from the front end of the rack and into the enclosure of the inclined server such that air passes through the inclined server from the lower end of the inclined server to the higher end of the inclined server, to remove heat from heat producing components in the inclined server, wherein the enclosure of the inclined server is inclined such that the enclosure is aligned with a direction of airflow through the rack. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein moving air through the inclined server comprises operating at least one air moving device external to the inclined server. 19. The method of claim 17, further comprising positioning an enclosure of an additional server at an incline in the rack, wherein the additional server is positioned at a different angle of inclination than the inclined server. 20. The method of claim 17, wherein positioning the enclosure of the server in the rack at an incline in the rack comprises: measuring at least one characteristic of air in a data center; andpositioning the enclosure of the server at an angle of inclination based, at least in part, on the at least one measured characteristic of air.
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