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Originally Posted by Kerry Jones A raised ceiling is just as good as a raised floor. I dont think there is much of a difference and I disagree... I think a chilled room overall is the best. It takes more AC, but nothing is that room will emit a large amount of heat. |
A raised floor will provide an overall chilled room, it will just cool in a much more efficient manner. Simply blasting the AC leaves hot spots around the data center. Raised flooring makes it much easier to create circulation patterns to keep the entire facility chilled.
Believe me, go to a data center that just blasts the AC and then go to a data center with raised flooring and an efficient cooling patterns and you will definitely notice the difference. There is a very noticeable difference between facilities that were designed to be data centers and "data centers" that are just converted office space.
Regards,
Aaron