Data center design tool

摘要

A data center design tool is described herein. The tool receives a number of design specifications for a proposed facility of the data center. The tool determines requirements of the data center based on the design specifications. Further, the tool receives an equipment component input and attributes of the equipment component input for the data center. The tool determines additional equipment component inputs and additional attributes based on the received design specifications, the determined requirements, and the received equipment component inputs and attributes.

主权项

1. A method for designing a data center, the method comprising the steps of:
a computer receiving a design specification for a proposed facility of the data center, wherein the design specification includes one or more inputs that each describe the proposed facility, and wherein the one or more inputs include a white space area, wherein the white space area is an area to be taken up by computing equipment in the proposed facility; the computer determining a requirement of the data center based on the design specification; the computer receiving an equipment component input for the data center, wherein the equipment component input identifies an equipment component to be included in the proposed facility, and wherein the equipment component input has one or more attributes that describe the equipment component; the computer receiving an initial attribute of the one or more attributes of the equipment component input; and the computer determining a remaining attribute of the one or more attributes of the equipment component input based on one or more of the design specification, the requirement of the data center, a previously received equipment component input, and the initial attribute.