CN221151802U - Integrated rack and system for data center - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an integrated rack for a data center, which comprises an integrated rack upper frame, a rack vertical frame, a bottom cross beam and a rack assembly. The frame assembly comprises a front upright post and a rear upright post to form a frame structure of the frame assembly, a plurality of groups of frame assemblies can be formed in one integrated frame, each group of frame assemblies can store one host device and/or a matched device of the host device of the data center, and the front upright post and the rear upright post are common parts of two adjacent host devices. The integrated rack provides a hot channel and a cabinet for a data center, and has the advantages of optimized structure, material saving, flexibility, maneuver and the like.

Description

Integrated rack and system for data center

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a aisle and system for a data center, and more particularly, to an integrated rack system for a data center having an optimized rack assembly capable of flexibly accommodating servers of different specifications and forming a hot aisle system for separating hot and cold air.

Background

The data center rack servers are numerous, and the problems that the heating temperature is high, the power consumption is high, the rack planning cannot keep up with the service demand change, the waste exists and the like are generally faced. The main structure of the data center machine room is composed of a thermal channel closed system and a single independent cabinet.

And the cold and hot channels are established, so that direct mixing of cold air and hot air is avoided, and the waste of cold energy is reduced. In the system with separated cold and hot channels, cold air of an air conditioner is sent into a closed cold channel, cold air is sucked into the front end of a rack of a server, formed hot air is discharged from the rear end of the rack and enters a hot channel, and gas of the hot channel is gathered and returned to an air conditioner return air inlet. The front end of the server rack is a cold aisle and the rear end is a hot aisle.

Meanwhile, a data machine room of the data center is provided with a large number of cabinets for installing servers, and is a device which is made of cold-rolled steel plates or alloy and is used for storing electric control equipment such as servers, frequency converters and the like, the devices can provide protection and electromagnetic interference shielding for the storage equipment, the equipment can be orderly and orderly arranged, and the maintenance of the equipment is facilitated.

When the cabinet is installed, the whole cabinet is required to be installed on two sides of the heat channel system. The cabinet and the heat channel structure are independent and have no structural relevance. The structure of hot channel system can not be effectively utilized by the rack, and the antidetonation of rack is fixed still to need to adopt other fixed systems to fix, has structure resource waste. The prior cabinet adopts a four-upright structure, namely four upright posts are respectively connected at the top end and the bottom end through a cabinet cross beam and a longitudinal beam to form a cabinet frame. The server needs to be installed on the middle column to realize the fixed installation of the server. The side plates are fixed on the upright posts and the longitudinal beams to form a cabinet frame body.

The heat channel structure is made of cold-rolled steel plates or alloys and is mainly used for isolating cold and hot air before and after a machine room cabinet and improving airflow organization so as to promote heat dissipation of servers in the cabinet. Chinese patent CN207836061U discloses a thermal tunnel system comprising four posts, two cross bars, two side doors and top plate, the hot air flow passing through the tunnel between the side doors, multiple sets of devices forming the thermal tunnel. Such hot aisles do not have the function of housing servers, simply for establishing hot air aisles within the data center.

Chinese patent CN205071535U discloses a cabinet in which a multi-cabinet combination structure comprising components sharing a vertical beam and a common column is disclosed. Such cabinets, however, need to be used in conjunction with the hot aisle system described in CN207836061U above, and the cabinet is of a fixed size.

In practical application of the data room, the selection of the cabinet is different due to different customer requirements introduced in different periods. For example, any customer requirement is an 800 width cabinet, and any customer requirement is a 600 width cabinet. The traditional cabinet is an independent unit, the cabinet body structure cannot be changed at will to adapt to different customer demands, and only all the cabinets can be replaced to meet the customer demands. The cabinets replaced here are wasteful of resources, both as stock and as obsolete. Therefore, the existing data center cabinet cannot meet the requirements of different service batch server widths and the like.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an integrated rack integrating functions of a hot aisle system and functions of a cabinet, which has an optimized structure, can save rack materials while realizing the functions of the hot aisle system, and can flexibly adjust the size of the rack according to the size of a server.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an integrated rack for a data center, comprising a rack upper frame, a rack upright frame, a bottom beam and a rack assembly, wherein the rack upper frame comprises an upper frame beam, and two parallel upright rack upright frames are respectively connected with the left and right ends of the bottom beam and the upper frame beam to form an integrated rack frame; the frame component comprises a front upright post and a rear upright post; the tops of the front upright post and the rear upright post are connected with the bottom of the upper frame cross beam to form a framework of the rack assembly; a plurality of groups of frame assembly frame structures are formed in the integrated frame structure and are used for storing a plurality of servers and/or matched devices of the data center.

According to the integrated rack disclosed by the invention, the integrated rack is used as a hot channel structure for splitting cold and hot air flows on one hand and used as a rack for bearing servers on the other hand, meanwhile, the machine room and the hot channel structure are simplified, the metal plate consumption is saved, and the rack can be flexibly arranged according to the size of the servers unlike the traditional customized cabinet.

Preferably, the frame assembly further comprises a side girder and a main girder, wherein two ends of the side girder and the main girder are respectively connected with the two bottom cross beams or the two upper frame cross beams, and the main girder is shared by two adjacent servers and/or matched devices thereof.

Preferably, the rack assembly further comprises a middle longitudinal beam, and two ends of the middle longitudinal beam are respectively connected with the front upright post and the rear upright post and are shared by placing two adjacent servers and/or matched devices thereof.

Preferably, the rack assembly further comprises a middle upright, two ends of the middle upright are respectively connected with the main longitudinal beams at the top and the bottom, and the middle upright is a rack assembly shared by two adjacent servers and/or matched devices.

The arrangement of the longitudinal beams and/or the stand columns enhances the stability of the frame and is convenient for fixing the server and/or the matched devices thereof.

Preferably, the rack assembly comprises a short beam, two ends of which are respectively connected with the middle upright and the rear upright, wherein the short beam is a rack assembly shared by two adjacent servers and/or matched devices.

Preferably, the center pillar is located closer to the rear pillar than to the front pillar, for example, one third of the distance between the front and rear pillars near the rear pillar.

Preferably, the rack assembly further comprises a top plate and a bottom plate to isolate the air flow.

Preferably, the integrated rack frame structure and the rack assembly frame structure are both rectangular solids.

Preferably, the plurality of rack assembly frames are the same size. Depending on the required server size, an appropriately sized rack assembly frame may be assembled.

Preferably, the kit is at least one selected from the group consisting of: the power supply comprises a power distribution unit, a front door, a rear door, a frequency converter, electrical control equipment, wires and cables.

Preferably, the connection is a detachable connection, such as a bolted, threaded, snap-fit, or hinged connection, or the like.

The invention also provides an integrated rack system for a data center, which comprises more than one integrated rack according to the invention, wherein the plurality of integrated racks are arranged in two rows and are arranged back to back and in parallel, and hot air flows to a channel between the two rows of racks to form a data center hot channel.

According to the integrated rack and the integrated rack system, the optimized integrated rack for integrating the heat channel and the cabinet of the data center machine room is provided outside a system of separating the traditional heat channel system from the cabinet system, can be used as a rack for installing a server and also can be used as a heat channel for isolating cold and hot air flow, has flexibility, can adapt to assembling servers with different specifications, simplifies the structure, saves sheet metal materials, and saves use and replacement cost.

Drawings

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a prior art thermal tunnel;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a prior art cabinet;

fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a prior art cabinet and thermal channel system for use in combination.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a single component perspective of an integrated chassis according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of one embodiment of an integrated rack system forming a data center hot aisle according to the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of an integrated rack system forming a data center hot aisle in accordance with the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of a single integrated chassis 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a data center hot aisle according to the prior art. As shown, two heat discharging channel frames 4 are arranged in front and back, a hot air area, namely a hot channel 31 is arranged in the middle of the two rows of frames, and a cold air area 32 is arranged outside the two rows of frames. The area 40 left free under the thermal tunnel frame is for placement of a cabinet 33 of a particular size.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a single cabinet 33 according to the prior art. It can be seen that a single cabinet 33 according to the prior art is made up of four uprights 34 and top plate 35, bottom plate 36, and side plates 37, and also includes a number of stringers 38 and uprights 39. The individual cabinets 33 are fixed-size, stationary fixtures adapted to accommodate a corresponding single-size server 3, and a plurality of fixed-size custom cabinets 33 are placed directly into the matching and likewise fixed-size areas 40 that are left free under the hot aisle frames.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a prior art combination of a thermal aisle frame 4 and racks 33, where six racks 33 as shown in fig. 2 are placed in a single row thermal aisle frame lower area 40 of fig. 1, and servers 3 may be placed in the racks 33.

From the above, in the prior art, the heat channel frame and the cabinets are independent structures, no structural association exists between the heat channel frame and the cabinets, each cabinet is also provided with independent upright posts and independent longitudinal beams, the heat channel frame and the cabinets have complex structures, and the heat channel frame and the cabinets need stable connection to meet the anti-seismic requirement; and the cabinet is fixed in size, and cannot be commonly used if different batches of servers are different in specification.

Fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment according to the invention. An integrated rack 1 and a rack assembly for housing servers and accessories is shown. The integrated rack 1 according to the present invention comprises a rack upper frame 11, a rack upright frame 12, two bottom beams 14 and a rack assembly 2.

Wherein the frame upper frame 11 comprises two upper frame cross beams 13. Two parallel vertical stand frames 12 are respectively connected with the left and right ends of the bottom cross beam 13 and the upper frame cross beam 14 to form an integrated stand 1 frame;

The two stand frames 12 can be fixed to the machine room floor by using expansion bolts to ground. The upper frame 11 of the machine room can be fixed with the side edge of the vertical frame 12 of the machine frame through bolts to form a stable integrated frame structure of the machine frame 1. The two bottom beams 14 may be secured to the machine room floor with ground expansion bolts.

The frame assembly 2 includes a front upright 21 and a rear upright 22; the tops of the front upright 21 and the rear upright 22 are connected with the bottom of the upper frame cross beam 13, and the bottoms of the front upright 21 and the rear upright 22 are connected with the frame bottom cross beam 14 to form a frame of the frame assembly 2.

The upper ends of the front pillar 21 and the rear pillar 22 can be fixed to the lower end surface of the upper frame rail 14 of the frame upper frame 11 by bolting. The two bottom cross beams 14 and the left and right machine frame uprights 2 can be fixed by bolting.

The lower ends of the two front uprights 21 and the two rear uprights 22 can be bolted and fixed with the bottom cross member 14 through bolting.

In this embodiment, the two front posts 21 and the two rear posts 22 have equal left-right spacing and are in a front-rear parallel relationship, and form a frame of the cuboid rack assembly 2 with the bottom beam 14 and the upper frame beam 13. The front upright (21) and the rear upright (22) are a rack assembly (2) for placing two adjacent servers in common.

The frame assembly 2 may also include side rails 15 and a main rail 23. The two ends of the upper side longitudinal beam and the upper main longitudinal beam are respectively connected with two upper frame cross beams 13. Both ends of the bottom side rail and the bottom main rail are connected to two bottom cross members 14, respectively. The main longitudinal beam (23) is a rack assembly (2) for placing two adjacent servers in common.

Preferably, the rack assembly 2 further comprises a side sill 24, both ends of which are respectively connected to the front pillar 21 and the rear pillar 22, for the placement of two adjacent servers and/or their associated devices in common.

The housing assembly 2 may also include a top plate 27 and a bottom plate 28. The roof panel 27 is fixed to the upper main rail 23 and/or the upper side rail 15. The floor panel 28 is fixed to the bottom main rail 23 and/or the lower side rail 15.

The thermal tunnel upper frame may also be provided with other data center-required accessories such as heavy-current bridges, prefabricated cables, grid bridges, etc.

Two adjacent servers share at least one component from the group: front pillar (21), rear pillar (22), main side member (23), center member (25), center pillar (29), and short member (26).

Fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of another embodiment according to the invention. An integrated rack 1 and a rack assembly for housing servers and accessories is shown.

Most of the arrangements in this embodiment are identical to the embodiment described in fig. 4, except that: in this embodiment, the frame assembly 2 includes a center pillar 29 and a short beam 26, wherein the upper and lower ends of the center pillar are connected to the upper main girder 23 and the bottom main girder 23, respectively, and the two ends of the short beam 26 are fixed to the center pillar 29 and the rear pillar 22, respectively. The short beams 26 may be used, for example, for wire tying and/or securing PDU usage.

In comparison to the rack assembly 2 shown in fig. 4, in the embodiment of fig. 5 according to the present invention, the rack assembly 2 for storing individual servers uses a plurality of short beams, which can further save sheet metal material in addition to facilitating winding and fixing.

Fig. 6 shows a schematic view of an integrated rack system forming a data center hot aisle according to the present invention. In this embodiment, the integrated rack system according to the present invention comprises two rows of six integrated racks 2 arranged back-to-back and in parallel, with hot air flowing between the back surfaces of the two rows of integrated racks 2 forming a data center hot aisle 31. In front of the two rows of integrated racks 2 is a cool air area 32. In contrast to the conventional thermal tunnel in fig. 1, the integrated rack system according to the present invention has both the thermal tunnel function and the cabinet function of the prior art.

Fig. 7 shows a schematic view of a single integrated chassis 1 according to the present invention. In this schematic drawing an example is shown in which 6 rack assembly 2 frames are formed in one integrated rack 1.

As can be seen from fig. 7, the 6 rack assembly 2 frames share the upper frame rail 13 and the bottom rail 14 of the integrated rack 1. Also in this integrated rack 1, among the adjacent rack assembly 2 frames, i.e., among the four sets of rack assembly 2 frames except for two sides, every two rack assemblies 2 share a plurality of common pieces including, but not limited to: front pillar 21, rear pillar 22, upper main rail 23, bottom main rail 24, and middle rail 25.

The use of these common components in the embodiment shown in fig. 7 simplifies the otherwise bulky structure, improves convenience and flexibility in server accommodating dimensions, and saves sheet metal material, as compared to the prior art combination of the thermal tunnel frame 4 and cabinet 33 shown in fig. 3.

The integrated cabinet and the lighting system using the integrated cabinet of the invention are described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings and detailed description. The integrated cabinet and the integrated cabinet system of the present invention are not limited to the specific configurations shown in the drawings in the above embodiments, and various changes and combinations thereof may be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art. In short, it is within the knowledge of a person skilled in the art to make various changes without departing from the inventive concept, and still fall within the scope of the invention.

Claims (10)

1. The integrated frame (1) comprises a frame upper frame (11), a frame vertical frame (12), a bottom cross beam (14) and a frame assembly (2); the method is characterized in that:

The upper frame (11) of the machine frame comprises an upper frame cross beam (13), and two parallel upright machine frame vertical frames (12) are respectively connected with the left end and the right end of the bottom cross beam (14) and the left end and the right end of the upper frame cross beam (13) to form an integrated machine frame (1) frame;

The frame assembly (2) comprises a front upright (21) and a rear upright (22); the tops of the front upright post (21) and the rear upright post (22) are connected with the bottom of the upper frame cross beam (13), and the bottoms of the front upright post (21) and the rear upright post (22) are connected with the bottom cross beam (14) to form a frame of the rack assembly (2);

Forming a plurality of groups of frame structures of the frame components (2) in the frame structures of the integrated frame (1), wherein a plurality of servers and/or matched devices of a data center can be stored;

Wherein the front upright (21) and the rear upright (22) are a rack assembly (2) for placing two adjacent servers in common.

2. The integrated rack (1) according to claim 1, wherein the integrated rack (1) further comprises a side rail (15) and a main rail (23), both ends of the side rail (15) or the main rail (23) being connected with two bottom cross members (14) or with two top frame cross members (13), respectively, wherein the main rail (23) is a rack assembly (2) for placing two adjacent servers in common.

3. The integrated frame (1) according to claim 2 one, wherein the frame assembly (2) further comprises a central longitudinal beam (25) connected at both ends to the front (21) and rear (22) uprights, respectively.

4. An integrated frame (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that the frame assembly (2) further comprises a central upright (29) connected at both ends to the upper and lower main stringers (23), respectively.

5. The integrated chassis (1) according to claim 4, wherein the chassis assembly (2) further comprises a short beam (26) connected at both ends to the central column (29) and the rear column (22), respectively.

6. The integrated chassis (1) according to claim 1, wherein the integrated chassis (1) frame structure and the chassis assembly (2) frame structure are rectangular solids.

7. The integrated rack (1) according to claim 5, wherein two adjacent servers share at least one component from the group: front pillar (21), rear pillar (22), main side member (23), center member (25), center pillar (29), and short member (26).

8. The integrated chassis (1) according to claim 1, wherein the mating device is at least one selected from the group consisting of: the power supply comprises a power distribution unit, a front door, a rear door, a frequency converter, electrical control equipment and a cable.

9. An integrated chassis (1) according to any of claims 1-8, wherein said connection is a detachable connection.

10. An integrated rack system (4) for a data center, comprising a plurality of integrated racks (1) according to any one of claims 1-8, said plurality of integrated racks (1) being arranged in two rows and arranged back-to-back in parallel with hot air flowing between channels formed by said two rows of racks forming a data center hot aisle.