Don't try so hard — be cool.

BRRRRR!!!!

After years of researching data center trends, including common causes of cooling inefficiency and the best solutions for making a data center cooling configuration run smoothly, our network of engineers have discovered something interesting. Chances are, your data center is too COLD, but your servers (especially the ones at the top and on the ends of rows) are still running hot.

GapHOG’s products are one piece of a large puzzle that can be put together to make an efficient airflow system. And, we are still puzzled. Why do data centers continue to lose $10’s of thousands of dollars of chilled air in odd spots where it is not needed? Many major airflow issues can be eliminated by utilizing variable frequency mechanisms on cooling units, creating a unique configuration of tiles to maximize air uptake from raised flooring and installing passive air-return systems. Yet, some data centers spend $100’s of thousands, even millions of dollars, to upgrade their cooling configurations in these ways without finishing the work. Fine-tuning an airflow system by keeping chilled air from escaping into odd spots where it is not used to cool servers (such as above, below and in-between data center hardware or into hot aisles through data center flooring) is a critical part of every efficient data center. Think of these spots as a leaking faucet in your bathroom sink.

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*HOW FAST IS YOUR LEAK?

A leaky faucet wastes between 1,000 and 4,000 gallons of water per year, depending on the speed of the leak. That’s a pretty good-sized pool of water—and you don’t even get to soak your feet in it!! Similarly, data centers leak air at different speeds. You may be wasting so much cold air that you feel compelled to wear a sweater in your data center. Or, you may just be losing a few thousand dollars every year in unnecessary electrical charges.We don’t know how you do it at your particular data center(s), but we like to think that any improvement in our operating environment makes enough of a difference to be worth the effort. And, we like to say: A thousand dollars spent is a thousand dollars saved: EVERY YEAR!

The money you spend on GapHOG products comes back to you year after year through improved airflow circulation, which means lower energy bills.