Losing even a little cooling in a data center leaves the equipment vulnerable to damaging hot spots. Not only are they annoying, they can also lead to data loss. Whether you're performing maintenance on a permanent cooling unit or equipment has malfunctioned without warning, portable cooling may be necessary to keep the data center func tioning until a permanent fix is found. First Aid for Hot Equipment Portable cooling is most often deployed in an emergency, when the units can be wheeled into any area to protect mission critical equipment and data until the permanent air conditioning can perform fully again, says Wayne Drooks, associate and senior mechanical engineer at Integrated Design Group.
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