System Sensor Data Center (Hot Aisle Cold Aisle) - FAAST

FAAST Fire Alarm Aspiration Sensing Technology Hot Cold Aisle Data Centers Detection in Hot Aisles and Cold Aisles centers are home to mission critical processes and highly sensitive equipment Smoke even trace in a data center can corrode components cause failure and slow down processes sometimes system downtime Downtime which according to recent study by Emerson Network Power has an av cost of about 500,000 per event Small smoke in a data center can be incredibly costly while a scale fire can turn out to be devastating for a busi Knowing when smoke is present is a must to en uptime of a data processing and storage facility in operation a data center electronics and their create a high heat environment with an inher risk of fire Facility designers are continually rethinking cooling strategies to increase efficiency while over high energy costs and increased power consump While more traditional approaches are still being used cool data centers new methods such as hot aisle and aisle containment are becoming increasingly prevalent these methods become more common it is necessary to the complications they present to smoke detection to the type of environment they create and Cold Aisle Environments aisles and cold aisles are similar in concept Both methods use temperature differentials to pull cool air through servers and return it back to the room air conditioning unit Hot aisles pull cooler air from outside the servers into where it is then pulled through the ceiling back to the air conditioner AC aisle storage forces the cool air in between the server racks where the air is then pulled through the racks back the room and finally back to the AC unit the diagrams on the back show each method creates a different pattern of air flow that needs to be considered deploying smoke and fire detection Due to this circulation of air it is critical that the return air path to computer air conditioning CRAC is monitored A performance based approach is the preferred method of design when these unique spaces detector capable of very early warning protection from smoke and fire such as FAAST Fire Alarm Aspiration Sens Technology is ideal for protecting hot aisles and cold aisles as it combines highly sensitive smoke detection with a pipe network that allows full coverage along the airflows created by the cooling systems is sensitive to 0.00046 ft obscuration allowing it to detect fire in its incipient stage before combustion occurs even in high airflow environments such as these In addition FAAST employs a two stage filtration process and Dual sensing technology which uses a blue LED to detect smoke and an infrared laser to identify nuisance particu to eliminate false alarms and costly downtime The combination of these technologies gives FAAST unsurpassed and accuracy ensuring that alarms are coming from smoke and not nuisance particulate such as dust can be circulated through the air because of the high airflow in hot and cold aisle environments five levels of alarm enable facility managers to deploy strategic response methods depending on the level particulate sensed by the detector An onboard Ethernet port allows monitoring from anywhere in the world over the using a VPN capable device FAAST can even send an email to up to six people when set thresholds are met Aisle Containment Aisle Containment System Sensor All rights reserved ASPBR00600 9 12 systemsensor com