Research IT Data Centre
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Facility Overview
The Data Centre was opened in late 2006 it is a state of the art High Density Hosting Facility which provides efficient power, cooling and environmental management for both the University and Research Communities IT needs.
Infrastructure
The facility uses the APC ‘hot-aisle containment systems’, provides UPS protection, backup diesel generator power, and utilises a chilled water system with ‘free’ cooling to optimise the cooling with respect to the atmospheric temperature.
Physical Space
- 160m2 floor space supporting 44 IT racksPower4x 80kW UPS units, each with n+1 redundancy
- Optimsed power distribution through the use of highly efficient transformer and UPS units
- 800kVA / 640kW standby diesel generator, with automatic transfer switching
Cooling
- 8x 40kW AC units, in a redundant configuration
- 3x 205kW Chiller units
- 1x 160kW Dry (Free) Cooling
IT Rack Density
- Supports up to 25kW per rack
Facility Efficiency
Hot-Aisle Containment System (HACS) is latest advancement on the traditional cold aisle / hot aisle separation technique that is used in most data centres. Hot Aisle Containment System uses containment of the hot exhaust air from the IT load to ensure complete separation of the supply and return air paths.
The coupling of cooling allows for returning the warmest possible air to the in-row air cooling units, which increases their efficiency and the capacity of the overall system. It also allows for the cold aisle supply temperature to be increased which further reduces the cooling demand.
The return water that has been heated by the AC units to absorb the load is passed through an Free Cooler which dissipates as much heat energy as possible naturally before the water is passed onto the chiller Units, further chilled as required, and then pumped back around in a loop circuit to the facility again.
The APC HACS system together with free cooling means the whole system is optimised to the efficient use of electricity, and is as Green as possible.
The PUE (Power usage effectiveness) and DCiE (Data center infrastructure efficiency) of the facility are constantly monitored and managed to ensure maximium efficency is being acheived.Annualised PUE for Research Data Centre is sub 1.40
Access and Support
For more information or to arrange a tour of tha facility, please e-mail researchit@ucd.ie or datacentre-noc@ucd.ie
Service Level
Please see the Customer Charter for our defined service level agreements and resolution times.