Computer Server Heat Regulation Utilizing Integrated Precision Air Flow
Disclosed is system, method, and rack stand portion for the advantageous cooling of computer equipment. The computer equipment can be modified to permit channeled cooling of the computer equipment.
1 . A process for interacting with a server rack stand, said method comprising:
in a server rack stand comprising an interior void bifurcated into a cool chamber and an exhaust chamber bearing a substantially-sealed computer server case having a conduit adapted to permit gaseous communication between said cool chamber and said exhaust chamber directly through said substantially-sealed computer server case, receiving a status indicator of thermal status; and
actuating an influx block member adapted to impede said gaseous communication between said cool chamber and said substantially-sealed computer server case.
2 . The process of claim 1 further comprising removing said substantially-sealed computer server case from said server rack stand.
3 . The process of claim 1 wherein said actuating further includes actuating an exhaust block member adapted to impede said gaseous communication between said exhaust chamber and said substantially-sealed computer server case.
4 . The process of claim 3 further comprising said removing said substantially-sealed computer server case from said server rack stand.
5 . The process of claim 4 further comprising said replacing said substantially-sealed computer server case with a replacement computer server case and affixing said replacement computer server case to said server rack stand.
6 . The process of claim 5 wherein said actuating includes actuating said influx block member to an orientation to permit airflow from said cool chamber to said replacement computer server case.
7 . The process of claim 6 wherein said receiving includes receiving said status indicator of thermal status from a foreign substantially-sealed computer server case, affixed to said server rack stand, external to said substantially-sealed computer server case.
8 . The process of claim 7 wherein said actuating includes actuating said influx block member to fractionally impede said gaseous communication between said cool chamber and said substantially-sealed computer server case.
9 . A process for interacting with a server rack stand, said process comprising:
in a server rack stand comprising an interior void bifurcated into a cool chamber and an exhaust chamber bearing a substantially-sealed computer server case having a conduit adapted to permit gaseous communication between said cool chamber and said exhaust chamber directly through said substantially-sealed computer server case, receiving a status indicator of thermal status; and
actuating an influx block member, positioned between said cool chamber and said substantially-sealed computer server case, to an orientation to permit airflow from said cool chamber to said substantially-sealed computer server case.
10 . The process of claim 9 further comprising installing said first substantially-sealed computer server case into said rack stand.
11 . The process of claim 9 wherein said receiving includes receiving said status indicator of thermal status from a foreign substantially-sealed computer server case, affixed to said server rack stand, external to said substantially-sealed computer server case.
12 . The process of claim 11 wherein said actuating includes actuating said influx block member to fractionally impede said gaseous communication between said cool chamber and said computer server case computer server case.
13 . A server stack system of selectively cooled server computers, said server stack system comprising:
a vertical rack stand body portion having a computer support surface, and having a body height and an interior void bifurcated into a cool chamber and an exhaust chamber in gaseous communication with multiple stand openings;
multiple sealed ventilatable computers, each sealed ventilatable computer from the multiple sealed ventilatable computers having a substantially-sealed computer case, of a first type, having a first computer height, adapted to releasably reside upon said vertical rack stand body portion, having a first case body defining an airflow inlet opening and an airflow outlet opening;
multiple support members, each support member of the multiple support members adapted to releasably position a sealed ventilatable computer from said multiple sealed ventilatable computers of said first type on said vertical rack stand body portion wherein (i) said airflow inlet opening of that sealed ventilatable computer is in substantial alignment with at least one stand opening from said multiple stand openings, and (ii) said airflow outlet opening of that sealed ventilatable computer is in substantial alignment with at least one other stand opening from said multiple stand openings;
an airflow impeller, adapter to urge airflow from said cool chamber and said exhaust chamber directly through said substantially-sealed computer server case of each sealed ventilatable computer from the multiple sealed ventilatable computer of said first type; and
at least one isolated computer, adapted to releasably reside upon said vertical rack stand body portion, impervious to airflow derived from said cool chamber.
14 . The system of claim 13 wherein said at least one isolated computer includes an isolated computer height substantially differing from said first computer height.
15 . The system of claim 13 further comprising block members positioned in gaseous communication between said cool chamber and said ventilatable computer server case between said exhaust chamber and said ventilatable computer server case.
16 . The system of claim 14 further comprising block members, positioned in said vertical rack stand portion, adapted to impede airflow through a subset of stand openings of said multiple stand openings that are in gaseous communication with said at least one isolated computer.
17 . The system of claim 14 wherein said at least one isolated computer includes said substantially-sealed computer case, of first type having a first computer height, adapted to releasably reside upon said vertical rack stand body portion, having a first case body defining an airflow inlet opening and an airflow outlet opening.