Many companies will now operate with a specific data centre, in which they house much of their technological equipment, including servers and network systems. These data centres are of vital importance to the operations of many businesses and pose a number of problems and issues to those running them. This can include keeping them clean, cool and quiet.
As floor space is at such a premium in modern business, many data centres now pack a huge amount of technology into an increasingly small space. This high density solution is only possible due to well designed cabinets and racks that not only provide an efficient storage system, but also protect and organise servers while also being able to lower the level of noise being omitted. Here we take a look at how effective a quiet server rack can be.
Distracting Noise
One of the main reasons that the industry has deemed noise reducing racks as necessary is the number of complaints that loud servers and network systems are distracting, annoying and make for a poor working environment. Even in smaller offices and workplaces, in which a dedicated data centre is not necessary but they do run a smaller number of servers, the high density nature of such technology can lead to an extraordinary amount of noise.
For this reason, employers often find that employing noise reducing cabinets and racks can go a long way to improving the environment for their employees, prospectively raising their performance in the long run. The modern quiet server cabinet is often able to reduce operational noise by up to 90%, making it ideal for use with office based hardware.
They are particularly efficient in small organisations that have no need for a dedicated server room, as they are an especially cost effective means of housing systems. This is due to the way in which they offer a viable alternative through careful design, easy portability and clever protection. The designs also manage to combine efficient heat management mechanisms that attempt to ensure your systems aren't suffering from damaging over heating issues.
Environmental Impact
Noise reducing sever racks can also be designed to help reduce the environmental impact of your server and network operations. This is due to the way in which they often lower the cost of powering a company's systems by reducing the amount of additional technology needed to cool their servers.
Many do this through the incorporation of fans into the cabinets themselves, increasing air flow around the servers. By removing the need for additional air conditioning units to protect the quality of your servers' performance and keep them undamaged, noise reducing racks can lower energy costs and significantly lower a business's environmental footprint.
A number of cabinet production companies are tailored to meet the needs and specifications of the modern business and a few will offer bespoke cabinet design services for those that require specific alterations in their cabinets and racks. Noise reducing cabinets are available in a variety of sizes to meet the needs of those who will be utilising small spaces or operating high density server racks.
The majority of cabinet and rack manufacturers will also ensure that their designs are compatible with most servers produced by leading manufacturers, to ensure no issues arise surrounding the installation of hardware into the racks.
Toughrack build their server cabinets in the UK out of Zintec - British Steel's toughest electro-zinc coated steel sheet and coil. This means they're covered by a lifetime warranty, and the servers your business relies on are protected - no catches, quibbles or nasty surprises.
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