This dashboard is designed to monitor the comprehensive performance of server room cooling systems by displaying temperature changes alongside server power consumption data, while also tracking water flow rate (Water LPM) and fan speed. The main utilities and applications of this approach include:
- Integrated Data Visualization:
- Enables simultaneous monitoring of temperature, power consumption, and cooling system parameters (flow rate, fan speed) in a single dashboard, facilitating the identification of correlations between systems.
- Allows operators to immediately observe how increases in power consumption lead to temperature rises and the subsequent response of cooling systems.
- Benefits of Heat Map Implementation:
- Represents data from multiple temperature sensors categorized as MAX/MIN/AVG with color differentiation, providing intuitive understanding of spatial temperature distribution.
- Creates clear visual contrast between yellow (HOTZONE) and blue (COOLZONE) areas, making temperature gradients easily recognizable.
- Enables quick identification of temperature anomalies for early detection of potential issues.
- Cooling Efficiency Monitoring:
- Facilitates analysis of the relationship between Water LPM (water flow rate) and temperature changes to evaluate cooling water usage efficiency.
- Allows assessment of air circulation system effectiveness by examining correlations between fan speed and COOLZONE/HOTZONE temperature changes.
- Enables real-time monitoring of heat exchange efficiency through the difference between RETURN TEMP and SUPPLY TEMP.
- Event Detection and Analysis:
- Features an “EVENT(Big Change?)” indicator that helps quickly identify significant changes or anomalies.
- Displays data from the past 30 minutes in 5-minute intervals, enabling analysis of short-term trends and patterns.
- Operational Decision Support:
- Provides immediate feedback on the effects of cooling system adjustments (changes in flow rate or fan speed) on temperature, enabling optimization of operational parameters.
- Helps evaluate the response capability of cooling systems during increased server loads, supporting capacity planning.
- Offers necessary data to balance energy efficiency with server stability.
This dashboard goes beyond a simple monitoring tool to serve as a comprehensive decision support system for optimizing thermal management in server rooms, improving energy efficiency, and ensuring equipment stability. The heat map visualization approach, in particular, makes complex temperature data intuitively interpretable, allowing operators to quickly assess situations and respond appropriately.
With Claude
Lechuck Park 