JP2012093799A - Heat dissipation cage installed in server room - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heat dissipation cage improved in space saving by downsizing the cage owing to unnecessity of a passage on a backside of server storage racks so that more cages can be installed in a server room.SOLUTION: In a frame 2 forming a square in a plan view that is three-dimensionally constructed on a floor, a front face is closed up with an openable/closable door panel 11 and air-permeable panels 3, a rear face is closed up with air-permeable panels, and right and left side faces are closed up with a plurality of double sliding movable panels 20. Thus, a heat dissipation cage 1 comprises four direction side faces in the frame 2 closed up with the door panel 11, the air-permeable panels 3 and the plurality of double sliding movable panels 20.

Description

  The present invention relates to a heat dissipating cage that is installed in a server room such as a data center and houses a plurality of storage racks that store information processing devices represented by servers.

Recently, in data centers, etc., a server room with a plurality of storage racks capable of storing servers has been rented, or a plurality of cages having a square shape in a plan view have been built in a large server room, and these cages are placed therein. Lending services are provided with a plurality of server storage racks.
In such server rooms, the server room is cooled to an appropriate temperature by air conditioning equipment so that the temperature in the server room does not rise due to the heat exhausted from the servers stored in a number of storage racks inside the server room. There is something which is made to do (for example, refer to patent documents 1).

JP 2010-107188 A

  As described in FIG. 4 and FIG. 6 of Patent Document 1, when storing a large number of storage racks in a server room, access and maintenance to the front and rear surfaces of the servers stored in each storage rack. In order to facilitate work, etc., a server user can pass between the opposing surfaces of the multiple storage racks installed facing each other and the back side, and a passage having a width necessary for maintenance work is provided. Generally it is provided. In general, a plurality of such passages are also provided in a cage constructed and installed in a large server room.

  However, in this way, when a passage through which the server user can pass is provided on the back side of the storage rack in addition to the passage between the opposing surfaces of the storage rack, the server is provided by the width of the passage on the back side. Since the rooms and cages become large, a large space is required for installing them. In particular, when the size of the cage increases, there is a problem that the number of cages that can be installed in the server room is limited.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems. By eliminating the need for a passage on the back side of the server storage rack, the cage can be reduced in size and saved in space, and more cages can be provided in the server room. The object is to provide a heat dissipation cage installed in a server room.

According to the present invention, the above-mentioned problems are solved as follows.
(1) A heat dissipating cage that is installed in a server room and accommodates therein a plurality of storage racks that store a server so as to face each other across a passage,
At least one of the two side surfaces facing each other and facing each other in the frame having a square shape in a plan view standing on the floor is formed by an openable / closable door panel and a breathable panel group, and the other surface is Each of the frames is closed by a breathable panel group, and the other two side surfaces facing each other on the back side of the plurality of storage racks in the frame are closed by a plurality of sliding movable panels. The four side surfaces are closed by a door panel, a breathable panel group, and a plurality of sliding movable panels.

  With this configuration, the two opposite side surfaces of the back side of the plurality of server racks in the frame are closed by the plurality of sliding movable panels. The movable panel can be opened by sliding. Therefore, access to the back of the server stored in each storage rack, maintenance work, etc. can be performed from the outside of the heat radiating cage, so a path through which the server user can pass on the back side of each storage rack. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the size of the heat dissipating cage and to save space in the server room where the heat dissipating cage is installed, and it is possible to construct and install more heat dissipating cages therein.

(2) In the above item (1), a space is provided between the rear surfaces of the plurality of storage racks and the opposed surfaces of the plurality of movable panels so that the server user cannot pass therethrough and through which air can pass.

With such a configuration, the space between the rear surface of the storage rack and the opposed surfaces of the plurality of movable panels can be minimized, so access to the rear surface of the server stored in each storage rack, maintenance work, etc. Can be easily performed from the outside.
In addition, since air passes through the space between the rear surface of the storage rack and the opposing surfaces of the movable panels, the air exhausted from the rear surface of the server is effectively diffused, thus suppressing the temperature rise of the server. Can do.

(3) In the above item (1) or (2), the panel group is composed of a plurality of wire mesh panels formed by stretching a wire mesh in a rectangular frame.

  With such a configuration, a heat dissipation cage with high heat dissipation can be provided, and the panel group can be reduced in weight, so that the heat dissipation cage can be easily constructed.

(4) In any one of the above items (1) to (3), the movable panel is air permeable by fitting a wire mesh panel in the center.

  With such a configuration, a heat dissipation cage with high heat dissipation can be provided as in the previous section, and the movable panel can be reduced in weight, so that the heat dissipation cage can be easily constructed.

(5) In any one of the above items (1) to (4), the frame includes a plurality of support columns arranged in the front-rear and left-right directions that are erected on the floor, and an upper horizontal connection member that connects the upper ends of the support columns. Similarly, a lower horizontal connecting member that connects the lower ends is provided, and a breathable panel group is mounted in a plurality of space portions surrounded by the adjacent support columns and the upper and lower horizontal connecting members.

  With such a configuration, since the structure of the frame is simple, it is easy to assemble and disassemble the frame, and the air-permeable panel group can be reduced in size and easily attached to a plurality of spaces.

(6) In the above paragraph (5), a column main body in which a column adjacent to each other and a holding piece facing in the up-down direction projecting inward at one edge of the opposing surface, and the side opposite to the holding piece in the column main body And a panel holding plate in the vertical direction that can be detachably screwed to the side surface of the panel, and a breathable panel group is provided between the opposing surfaces of the both columns until the both end portions abut against the holding pieces. In this state, the panel holding plate is screwed to the side surface of the column main body, and the both ends of the panel group are held, so that the breathable panel group can be freely attached and detached between adjacent columns. Attach to.

  With such a configuration, a breathable panel group can be easily attached and detached from the outside or inside of the heat radiating cage with the pillars standing upright, so that the heat radiating cage can be assembled. Disassembly work becomes easy.

(7) In the above item (5) or (6), an upper guide rail facing the longitudinal direction is provided on the lower surface of the upper horizontal connecting member, and the upper guide rail is provided at the upper ends of a plurality of sliding movable panels. A plurality of vertical rollers are suspended so as to be able to roll, and the lower lateral coupling rod facing the upper guide rail is formed as a lower guide rail having a guide groove extending in the longitudinal direction on the upper surface. A plurality of horizontal rollers provided at the lower end of the panel are fitted so that they can roll.

  With such a configuration, a plurality of sliding movable panels can be guided by the upper and lower guide rails, and can be opened and closed smoothly and stably.

  According to the present invention, since the movable panel can be slid to open the side surface of the heat dissipation cage, access to the back of the server stored in each storage rack, maintenance work, etc. can be performed from the outside of the heat dissipation cage. it can. As a result, there is no need to provide a passage through which the server user can pass on the back side of each storage rack, and by reducing the size of the heat dissipation cage, space saving is achieved in the server room where the heat dissipation cage is installed. In it, more heat dissipation cages can be constructed and installed.

It is an external view which shows one Embodiment of the thermal radiation cage of this invention. It is a schematic plan view of a heat dissipation cage. It is a front view of a heat dissipation cage. It is a rear view of a heat dissipation cage. It is a side view of a heat dissipation cage. FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional plan view taken along line VI-VI in FIG. 3. FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional plan view taken along line VII-VII in FIG. 5. It is a VIII-VIII line expansion vertical side view similarly.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external view of a heat dissipating cage of the present invention that is installed in a large server room (not shown) such as a data center. The heat dissipating cage 1 will be described in the front-rear direction (hereinafter, the left front of FIG. ) And a panel group 3 that closes the front, rear, left, and right sides of the frame 2.

  As shown in the schematic plan view of FIG. 2, the front view of FIG. 3, the rear view of FIG. 4, and the side view of FIG. 5, the frame 2 is erected between the floor and the ceiling of the server room. A plurality of support columns 4 arranged in the direction, four upper lateral connection members 5 connecting the upper ends of the support columns 4, and opposing surfaces of the upper and center portions of the front and rear support columns 4 are connected to each other. A plurality of intermediate horizontal connecting members 6, a plurality of lower horizontal connecting members 7 that similarly connect the opposing surfaces of the lower ends of the front and rear columns 4, and the upper opposing surfaces of the left and right columns 4 are connected to each other. The middle intermediate connecting members 8 and 8 are long. At the corners of the frame 2 and at the centers of the left and right sides, two right and left columns 4 and 4 are erected in close proximity to each other.

As shown in FIG. 3, the panel group 3 on the front surface of the frame 2 includes a plurality of wire mesh panels 9 formed by stretching a wire mesh in a rectangular frame, and two left and right support columns 4 and 4 located in the center. It comprises a breathable door panel 11 with a wire mesh provided at a gate-shaped doorway 10 surrounded by an upper intermediate lateral connecting member 6 and a plate-like door panel 12 having a smaller width. The breathable door panel 11 can be opened forward by connecting the left end thereof to the left column 4 with a hinge (not shown) and can be locked and unlocked by the locking device 13.
The right end of the plate-like door panel 12 is connected to the right column 4 by a hinge (not shown), and when it is desired to open the doorway 10 widely, the plate-like door panel 12 is locked to the floor and the intermediate horizontal connecting member 6 so as not to rotate. The locking means (not shown) is removed and can be opened forward.

Each wire mesh panel 9 includes a plurality of columns 4 and 4 that are adjacent to each other on the left and right sides, an upper horizontal connecting member 5, and intermediate horizontal connecting members 6 and 6 and a lower horizontal connecting member 7 that are adjacent to each other vertically. It is installed in the space. That is, the upper and lower ends of the wire mesh panel 9 are formed in the horizontal direction formed on the opposing surfaces of the upper horizontal connecting member 5 and the intermediate horizontal connecting members 6 and 6 and the lower horizontal connecting member 7 adjacent to each other in the vertical direction. It is held by being fitted into a fitting groove (not shown) so that it can be fitted and removed by a quick method.
Further, the left and right ends of each wire mesh panel 9 are held by the opposing surfaces of the left and right columns 4 adjacent to each other as follows.
As shown in the enlarged cross-sectional plan view of FIG. 6 (only some of the two left and right panels are shown in common), the left and right columns 4, 4 adjacent to each other are columns made of square tubes having a square section in plan view. The panel holding plate 15 in the vertical direction is detachably fixed to the front surface of the main body 14 by a plurality of screws 16.

  Holding pieces 17, 17 project diagonally from both side edges on the rear side of the column main body 14 and both side ends of the panel holding plate 15, and between the holding pieces 17, 17 adjacent to each other, Four holding grooves 18 are formed in the vertical direction that open in both the outward and vertical directions. The widths of the holding grooves 18 are equal to each other, and the width of the holding grooves 18 and the longitudinal dimensions of the left and right vertical frames 9a, 9a of the wire mesh panel 9 are substantially equal.

  In order to hold both ends of the metal mesh panel 9 by the opposing surfaces of the left and right support columns 4, first, as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. The upper and lower ends of the wire mesh panel 9 are fitted to the opposite surfaces of the horizontal connecting members 5, 6, 8 adjacent to each other by the above-described tendon method. Hold.

Next, the left and right panel holding plates 15 are screwed onto the front surfaces of the left and right column main bodies 14 while the rear surfaces of the vertical frames 9a and 9a of the wire mesh panel 9 are brought into contact with the opposing holding pieces 17 of the left and right column main bodies 14. 16 to fix. As a result, the left and right vertical frames 9a, 9a of the wire mesh panel 9 are stably held by the holding grooves 18 on the opposing surfaces of the left and right support columns 4, thereby preventing the wire mesh panel 9 from rattling in the vertical and forward / backward / left / right directions. be able to.
Further, as described above, if the support 4 is divided and the panel holding plate 15 is removable from the support main body 14, the wire mesh panel 9 can be easily attached and detached from the front side with the support 4 standing. Assembling and disassembling work of the heat dissipation cage 1 is facilitated. When the wire mesh panel 9 is a single sheet having a long vertical dimension, only the left and right vertical frames 9a are detachably supported by the left and right support columns 4 having a divided structure, regardless of the method. can do.
The wire mesh panels 9 may be detachably attached from the indoor side of the heat dissipation cage 1 with the support posts 4 facing in the opposite direction.
A cover 19 for improving the appearance of the support column 4 is detachably fitted in another holding groove 18 that does not hold the wire mesh panel 9.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the panel group 3 on the rear surface of the frame 2 includes a plurality of wire mesh panels 9 similar to the above. In addition, the attachment structure to the support | pillar 4, the upper horizontal connection material 5, the intermediate horizontal connection materials 6 and 6, and the lower horizontal connection material 8 in each metal mesh panel 9 of the rear surface side is the same structure as the metal mesh panel 9 of the said front side. Therefore, the detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the panel group 3 on both the left and right side surfaces of the frame 2 (only the right side panel group is shown for the same structure on the left and right sides) is the middle between the front and rear (the left side in FIG. 5 is the front). Below the horizontal connecting members 8, 8, each of four sliding movable panels 20 disposed between the three front and rear columns 4, the intermediate horizontal connecting members 8, 8 and the upper horizontal connecting member 5. It consists of a plurality of wire mesh panels 21 made of wire mesh attached between them.
Each movable panel 20 has air permeability by fitting a wire mesh panel 23 into a rectangular opening 22 formed in the center.

  Each wire mesh panel 21 has an upper horizontal connecting member 5 fixed to a ceiling beam member R (see FIG. 8), an intermediate horizontal connecting member 8, an upper end of each column 4, and an upper horizontal connecting member 5 and an intermediate horizontal connecting member. A plurality of openings 25 surrounded by a plurality of front and rear short support columns 24 attached to the opposing surface of the material 8 are fitted by a quick method.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, at the center of the lower surface of the front and rear intermediate horizontal connecting members 8, there is an upper guide rail 26 facing in the front-rear direction of the inwardly U-shaped cross section opening inward and outward. The upper guide rail 27 that faces the front-rear direction of the U-shaped cross section that faces outward in front view is screwed back to back. Guide ridges 26b and 27b are projected upward at the tips of the bottom pieces 26a and 27a of both guide rails 26 and 27, respectively.

  A lower guide rail 28 facing in the front-rear direction is disposed between a floor surface F below the intermediate lateral connecting member 8, that is, between the opposing surfaces of the lower ends of the left and right columns 4, 4 arranged close to each other. 27 is fixed to face to face. On the upper surface of the lower guide rail 28, left and right two rows of guide grooves 29, 29 that open upward are formed along the longitudinal direction. The lower guide rail 28 also serves as a lower horizontal connecting member that connects lower ends of the front and rear columns 4 and 4.

A plurality of (for example, two front and rear) grooved vertical rollers 31 are mounted on the upper end of the bracket 30 having an L-shaped cross section fixed to the upper surface of each movable panel 20. .
Further, a horizontal roller 33 is rotatably attached to the lower ends of a pair of left and right support shafts 32 projecting downward from the center of the lower surface of each movable panel 20.

The vertical rollers 31 with grooves in the four movable panels 20 between the front and rear columns 4 are supported alternately by the guide protrusions 26b and 27b of the upper guide rails 26 and 27, and the lower horizontal roller 33 is supported by the lower guide. By alternately engaging the left and right guide concave grooves 29, 29 of the rail 28, each movable panel 20 is suspended and supported by the upper guide rails 26, 27. Can do. Therefore, the left and right side surfaces of the heat dissipation cage 1 can be opened and closed with the plurality of sliding movable panels 20.
As shown in FIG. 7, a cushioning material 34 made of synthetic resin or the like is fixed to the opposing surfaces of the left and right columns 4, 4 on which both side surfaces of the inner and outer movable panels 20 abut.

Each movable panel 20 can be locked and unlocked from the outside of the heat dissipation cage 1 by a locking device 35 attached to the movable panel 20 located on the outside.
A pair of left and right cover plates 36, 36 facing in the front-rear direction are attached to the lower surfaces of the left and right ends of the intermediate lateral connecting member 8, and the upper guide rails 26, 27 and the brackets 30 provided on the upper ends of the movable panels 20, The grooved vertical roller 31 and the like are hidden.

  Inside the heat dissipation cage 1 constructed as described above, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of storage racks 37 in which servers are stored are front and rear panel groups 3, 3 through which a server user can pass. The storage racks 37 are accommodated so as to face each other with the passage 38 facing each other, and so that the back surface of each storage rack 37 faces the left and right panel groups 3, that is, the plurality of movable panels 20.

As described above, according to the heat dissipation cage of the above-described embodiment, the panel group 3 on both the left and right side surfaces of the heat dissipation cage 1 is constituted by a plurality of sliding movable panels 20, and both sides of the heat dissipation cage 1 are opened and closed. Therefore, a minimum space that the server user cannot pass through, that is, cold air from an air conditioner (not shown) can pass between the back surface of each storage rack 37 and the opposing surface of the movable panel 20. It is only necessary to provide a space having a width of, for example, about 20 to 30 cm, which serves as a ventilation path or a ventilation path for air exhausted from the server.
This is because the access to the back of the server stored in each storage rack 37, maintenance work, and the like are performed by sliding each movable panel 20 from the outside of the heat dissipation cage 1 and opening both side surfaces of the heat dissipation cage 1. It is because it can be performed from.

  Thus, if it is not necessary to provide a passage through which the server user can pass on the back side of each storage rack 37 facing each other, the left and right width of the heat dissipation cage 1 is reduced accordingly, and the size is reduced. Therefore, the space of the server room where the heat radiating cage 1 is installed can be saved, and more heat radiating cages 1 can be constructed and installed.

  Further, since both sides of the heat dissipation cage 1 can be opened and closed, for example, a plurality of heat dissipation cages 1 are adjacent in the left-right direction in the server room, and a passage is formed between the heat dissipation cages 1 adjacent to each other. When installed in this manner, this passage can be shared as an inspection passage on the back of the server stored in the storage rack in the heat dissipation cage adjacent to the left and right.

  In the above embodiment, the panel group 3 on the front and rear surfaces of the heat dissipation cage 1 is composed of a plurality of upper and lower wire mesh panels 9, but the intermediate lateral connecting member 6 is omitted and the columns 4 and 4 adjacent to each other are omitted. In addition, one wire mesh panel that is long in the vertical direction is attached, or the upper horizontal connecting member 5 and the uppermost wire mesh panel 9 are omitted, and one wire mesh panel having the same height as the door panel 11 is attached. May be.

  Further, for the panel group 3 on both side surfaces of the heat dissipation cage 1, the intermediate horizontal connecting member 8, the auxiliary strut 24, and the upper plurality of wire mesh panels 9 are omitted, and only the sliding movable panel 20 that is long in the vertical direction is used. Alternatively, the upper horizontal connecting member 5, the auxiliary struts 24, and the upper plurality of wire mesh panels 9 may be omitted and only the movable panel 20 may be used. In this case, the upper guide rails 26 and 27 may be provided on the lower surface of the upper horizontal connecting member 5 or the intermediate horizontal connecting member 8.

  Further, in the above embodiment, all the movable panels 20 are air permeable. However, as shown in FIG. 2, for example, a large column S is erected in the heat dissipation cage 1 adjacent to the storage rack 37. When a large fixture or the like is installed, for example, the flow of cold air blown out from the passage 38 or the like is obstructed by the column S or the fixture and flows toward the movable panel 20 facing the column S or the like. Therefore, the movable panel 20 facing the column S or the like may be an inexpensive non-breathable movable panel 20 without the wire mesh panel 23.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Radiation cage 2 Frame 3 Panel group 4 Support | pillar 5 Upper horizontal connection material 6 Middle horizontal connection material 7 Lower horizontal connection material 8 Intermediate horizontal connection material 9 Wire mesh panel 9a Vertical frame 10 Entrance / exit 11 Door panel 12 Door panel 13 Locking device 14 Prop body 15 Panel Holding plate 16 Screw 17 Holding piece 18 Holding groove 19 Cover 20 Movable panel 21 Wire mesh panel 22 Opening 23 Wire mesh panel 24 Auxiliary support 25 Opening 26 Upper guide rail 26a Bottom piece 26b Guide protrusion 27 Upper guide rail 27a Bottom piece 27b Guide protrusion 28 Lower guide rail (lower horizontal connecting material)
29 Guide groove 30 Bracket 31 Grooved vertical roller 32 Support shaft 33 Horizontal roller 34 Buffer material 35 Locking device 36 Cover plate 37 Storage rack F Floor surface R Beam material

Claims (7)

A heat dissipating cage that is installed in a server room and accommodates a plurality of storage racks that store servers in a server room so as to face each other across a passage,
At least one of the two side surfaces facing each other and facing each other in the frame having a square shape in a plan view standing on the floor is formed by an openable / closable door panel and a breathable panel group, and the other surface is Each of the frames is closed by a breathable panel group, and the other two side surfaces facing each other on the back side of the plurality of storage racks in the frame are closed by a plurality of sliding movable panels. A heat dissipating cage installed in a server room, wherein four side surfaces are closed by a door panel, a breathable panel group and a plurality of sliding movable panels.   2. The server room according to claim 1, wherein a space is provided between the back surfaces of the plurality of storage racks and the opposing surfaces of the plurality of movable panels so that the server user cannot pass therethrough and through which air can pass. Heat dissipation cage.   The heat dissipation cage installed in the server room according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the panel group is composed of a plurality of metal mesh panels formed by extending a metal mesh in a rectangular frame.   The heat dissipating cage installed in the server room according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the movable panel has air permeability by fitting a metal mesh panel in a central portion.   The frame is provided with a plurality of support columns arranged on the floor in the front-rear and left-right directions, an upper horizontal connection material that connects the upper ends of the support columns, and a lower horizontal connection material that similarly connects the lower ends. An air permeable panel group is mounted in a plurality of spaces surrounded by the struts adjacent to each other and upper and lower horizontal connecting members, and installed in a server room according to any one of claims 1 to 4. Heat dissipation cage.   The strut bodies adjacent to each other can be screwed to the side of the strut body opposite to the holding piece in a detachable manner, with the supporting piece projecting inwardly on one edge of the opposing surface. A panel holding plate in the vertical direction is formed, and a breathable panel group is fitted between the opposed surfaces of the both columns until both end portions thereof are in contact with the holding pieces. 6. The panel according to claim 5, wherein the breathable panel group is detachably mounted between the columns adjacent to each other by screwing a panel holding plate to a side surface of the main body and holding both end portions of the panel group. A heat dissipation cage installed in the server room.   An upper guide rail facing the longitudinal direction is provided on the lower surface of the upper horizontal connecting member, and the upper guide rail suspends a plurality of vertical rollers provided on the upper ends of the plurality of sliding movable panels so as to be able to roll, The lower horizontal connecting rod facing the upper guide rail is used as a lower guide rail having a guide groove extending in the longitudinal direction on the upper surface, and a plurality of horizontal rollers provided at the lower end of the movable panel are rolled into the guide groove. The heat dissipating cage installed in the server room according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the heat dissipating cage is fitted into the server room.

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