Editing Data center (section)

====Aisle containment====
Cold aisle containment is done by exposing the rear of equipment racks, while the fronts of the servers are enclosed with doors and covers. This is similar to how large-scale food companies refrigerate and store their products.[[File:Cabinet Asile.jpg|thumb|upright|Typical cold aisle configuration with server rack fronts facing each other and cold air distributed through the [[raised floor]]]]
Computer cabinets/[[Server farm]]s are often organized for containment of hot/cold aisles. Proper air duct placement prevents the cold and hot air from mixing. Rows of cabinets are paired to face each other so that the cool and hot air intakes and exhausts don't mix air, which would severely reduce cooling efficiency.

Alternatively, a range of underfloor panels can create efficient cold air pathways directed to the raised-floor vented tiles. Either the cold aisle or the hot aisle can be contained.<ref>[http://www.missioncriticalmagazine.com/ext/resources/MC/Home/Files/PDFs/WP-APC-Hot_vs_Cold_Aisle.pdf/ Hot-Aisle vs. Cold-Aisle Containment for Data Centers], John Niemann, Kevin Brown, and Victor Avelar, APC by Schneider Electric White Paper 135, Revision 1</ref><!-- Suggested edit: Alternatively, the hot air can be funneled into the raised flooring tiles instead for more efficient air handling. -->

Another option is fitting cabinets with vertical exhaust duct [[chimney]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://patents.justia.com/patent/20180042143|title=US Patent Application for DUCTED EXHAUST EQUIPMENT ENCLOSURE Patent Application (Application #20180042143 issued February 8, 2018) - Justia Patents Search|website=patents.justia.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-17}}</ref> Hot exhaust pipes/vents/ducts can direct the air into a [[Plenum space]] above a [[Dropped ceiling]] and back to the cooling units or to outside vents. With this configuration, traditional hot/cold aisle configuration is not a requirement.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://datacenterfrontier.com/airflow-management-basics-comparing-containment-systems|title=Airflow Management Basics – Comparing Containment Systems • Data Center Frontier|date=2017-07-27|work=Data Center Frontier|access-date=2018-04-17|archive-date=2019-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219015621/https://datacenterfrontier.com/airflow-management-basics-comparing-containment-systems/|url-status=dead}}</ref>