Need blade recommedation

[BillP]

We have one IBM BladeCenter (Type 8677-3RU) server fully populated. I need a recommendation on what Rack, UPS, PDU, and Cooling to use. This is the only blade server we have. Thank you!

[cmarler_apc]

You'd need to know how much runtime you need on battery for that fully loaded blade chassis, too.
Use the UPS Selector and it will tell you exactly the list of part numbers of the UPS and Batteries you will need to back up the IBM with N+1 hot swappable UPS power.



High-density servers offer a significant performance per watt but present a cooling challenge. Intelligent approaches must be used for proper cooling of high-density equipment, always thinking about cooling efficiency, cooling capacity, and power density.



Recommending the correct cooling solution requires more information about the room and building, but basically you have to remove heat from the equipment and the room. The total heat rejection system you use depends on the building, while the equipment air distribution scheme you use depends on the room and layout.
If you do nothing else right now, put your equipment in APC racks. You'll be positioned to implement every cooling option available to you at that point.



I'd need to know more particular information to recommend which cooling solution works best at the lowest cost for you.

How many racks of equipment do you have besides this one blade chassis? Is it the only thing in the rack? Do you have a raised floor? Is it chilled water building system? What floor of the building are you on? Is it leased space? ..and more of stuff like that


What we know for sure, despite the building or room, are the cooling requirements right at the front of the equipment.
Engineering back from that point leads straight to in row cooling.


The ARU and In-Row SC work great in spaces where there is a drop ceiling connecting to a building plenum, but does the main building comfort cooling system run all year long? ...and then there's Rack Air Containment.





There are quite a few APC White Papers where you can learn more about how to address infrastructure requirements for your blades. Here are a few I would recommend you start with


#46 Cooling Strategies for Ultra-High Density Racks and Blade Servers



#125 Strategies for Deploying Blade Servers in Existing Data Centers



#42 Ten Cooling Solutions to Support High-Density Server Deployment



Application Note 76: Configuring Data Centers to Support IBM BladeCenter Servers

[BillP · Accepted solution]

We have one IBM BladeCenter (Type 8677-3RU) server fully populated. I need a recommendation on what Rack, UPS, PDU, and Cooling to use. This is the only blade server we have. Thank you!