ClearCube R-Series Data Center Products - Manual (Page 37)

R-Series Data Center Products User’s Guide Network Planning and Site Preparation • 13
Power and Cooling Requirements
The ClearCube Support site provides ClearCube Power and Cooling Requirements
Spreadsheets that you can use to determine power and cooling requirements for
ClearCube blade and chassis deployments. Documentation and tools provide:
• Tables describing chassis power requirements
• Data center branch circuit requirements for various chassis and blade deployment
scenarios
• Power requirements for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) sizing
• Maximum and minimum British thermal unit (BTU) values
• BTU calculator with features enabling you to adjust the percentage of users and
application intensity
To download ClearCube Power and Cooling Requirements Spreadsheets:
1. See the following URL: http://www.clearcube.com/support/
2. In the Product Support section, find your blade model in the PC Blades
drop-down list.
3. Click the Manuals link below the product description.
4. Click the Power & Cooling Requirements link to download an archive file. The
archive file contains spreadsheets for various product configurations. Choose the
appropriate spreadsheet and read the included instructions about how to calculate
cooling requirements.
The following sections discuss additional items to consider when planning and
designing data centers.
Additional Power Considerations
As described in the previous section, obtain ClearCube Power and Cooling
Requirements Spreadsheets to determine power requirements for your ClearCube
deployment.
Your ClearCube system centralizes all computing components in a single location
thereby concentrating the majority of the power needed to this one area. Although the
ClearCube solution reduces the overall power required when compared to traditional
PCs, the power demands in the data center are increased.
Ensure that your power circuits can safely handle the maximum current that a chassis
can draw (see the Mains Supply Requirement columns in the ClearCube Power &
Cooling Requirements spreadsheets). If your existing power circuit cannot handle the
maximum current, you must have additional power system capacity installed by a
qualified electrician.