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At present, China's data center industry is in a period of vigorous development. Some industrial parks, telecom operators and cloud service providers across the country, and even some large and medium-sized enterprises are building or transforming their own data centers. As the business continues to expand, there are more and more equipment in many data centers, power supply is becoming more and more tight, and cooling costs are increasing. In order to ease the pressure, some users began to turn to professional data center solution vendors, but the answers put more pressure on these users-they had to replace their existing cabinets to completely solve the problem. The IT cabinet, which usually looks inconspicuous, has become the key to optimize the data center.

"in order to cope with the development of business, many users blindly pursue scale and expansion speed in the process of data center construction and operation and maintenance, while ignoring some of the most basic components and problems, such as cabinets." Han Yong, IT solution Manager of Weitu Electro-Mechanical Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., said, "usually, it is difficult for users to accurately estimate the IT demand in the next 3-5 years, so in the process of building the computer room, we should pay more attention to the scalability of the infrastructure and the simplicity of operation, rather than just the product price theory. Take the purchase of cabinets as an example, users should not worry about the procurement cost of individual cabinets, but should pay attention to the total cost of ownership of computer rooms, including cabinets, so as to avoid having to replace all cabinets due to business expansion as far as possible. so as to reduce the waste of investment. "

Weitu recently released a new generation of IT cabinets, the TS IT system cabinets, to users around the world. As Han Yong said, TS IT system cabinets are not only server cabinets, but also direct interfaces to provide power, cooling, installation space, intelligent management and integrated cabling for data centers. As a basic unit of the data center computer room, the cabinet itself is a microcirculation architecture of the data center. To some extent, a cabinet is a data center.

The change of application concept

Now when it comes to data center solutions, "integration" and "end-to-end" have become the most fashionable words. Today, both UPS manufacturers and cabinet manufacturers like Weitu are actively transforming to providers of overall solutions for data centers, including UPS, power distribution, air conditioning, cabinets, monitoring, and so on. From the perspective of the overall solution, the product differentiation of different manufacturers seems to be less and less obvious. However, there is a clear difference between moving from a UPS vendor to a holistic solution vendor and from a cabinet vendor to a holistic solution vendor. Han Yong analyzed: "UPS manufacturers will consider power supply, distribution and refrigeration from a macro point of view of the whole computer room, while manufacturers like Weitu, who started from cabinets and industrial air conditioners, pay more attention to details and will consider the cabinet as a unit to consider what kind of design and technology can be used to make full use of the internal space of the cabinet, better achieve management, and better meet the overall needs of the computer room."

The needs of users are diversified. Han Yong believes that the integrated computer room solution is more suitable for small and medium-sized enterprise users. These users usually focus on how to develop their business, but do not care about or do not pay much attention to the infrastructure of the computer room. The integrated computer room solution is easy to deploy and relatively simple to maintain, so it is very suitable for small and medium-sized enterprise users. However, some medium and large users tend to purchase the products involved separately in the data center project. the larger the project, the more detailed the product procurement, such as UPS, power distribution, air conditioning and so on.

Weitu's current business is still based on cabinets, so the proportion of separate sales of cabinets is still relatively large. But Weitu is also actively promoting the overall solution of its data center computer room, with an increasing proportion of cabinets sold with the overall solution package.

In order to meet the needs of SME users, Weitu launched the All-In-One cabinet solution a long time ago. The ordinary version of this solution includes a standard cabinet, air conditioning, power supply, monitoring and fire fighting equipment. Customers with special needs for security can also choose Weitu "safe" version of the cabinet solution, that is, put an All-In-One cabinet solution in a special safe, even if there is a fire, it can ensure that the temperature rise in the cabinet does not exceed 50 ℃, in order to ensure the normal operation of the system. Many small and medium-sized enterprise customers have adopted Weitu's All-In-One cabinet solution, especially some foreign enterprises prefer this solution. "All-In-One cabinet solution is not only an innovation in products, but also represents a change in application concept." "for those small and medium-sized users who adopt Weitu cabinet solution, Weitu can ensure the safe operation of IT equipment without building a high-level data center," Han Yong said.

In reality, there are only a handful of data centers with an area of tens of thousands of square meters, and most of them are small data centers with an area of less than 100 square meters. Weitu has thousands of employees in China, while its data center is only more than ten square meters and has only two cabinets installed. With the rise of virtualization and cloud computing technology, the number of servers has been greatly reduced, and many users do not have to set up separate power distribution rooms, battery rooms or monitoring rooms in the data center. In Weitu's scheme, UPS, power distribution, air conditioning, monitoring, fire fighting and other equipment can all be concentrated in one cabinet. Users no longer have to build a dedicated data center, just install a cabinet in the corner of the office to solve all the problems.

Save in nuance

As an important part of the physical infrastructure of the data center, Weitu TS IT system cabinet has the characteristics of energy saving, safety, high heat dissipation efficiency and so on. Han Yong said: "the TS IT system cabinet uses many Weitu patented technology, which not only enhances the load-bearing capacity of the cabinet itself (up to 1.5T), but also adds many new functions and tool-free installation accessories, which are closer to the actual needs of users and are easy to install and use."

Before launching the TS IT system cabinet, Weitu spent a year or two doing demand research and collected feedback from a large number of users and OEM partners. " The cabinet is a highly standardized product. How to install more equipment more reasonably in the limited space of the cabinet, while ensuring that the equipment and systems will not interfere with each other, and how to achieve efficient management is the biggest challenge we encounter when designing TS IT system cabinets. " Han Yong said.

The deepest impression left by the TS IT system cabinet to the reporter is the word "province".

From the installation of the cabinet, the TS IT system cabinet provides many tool-free installation accessories for users to install on their own, thus saving installation time and cost. " In the past, side panels were usually fixed with screws when installing side panels for cabinets. Now, the TS IT system cabinet provides a side panel that can be quickly installed without screws and can be hung directly. For example, in the past, it usually took two engineers to install a cabinet, but now the TS IT system cabinet has many tool-free installation accessories, so it can greatly save manpower. " Han Yong said, "compared with traditional cabinets, TS IT system cabinets can reduce the installation time of cabinets by 50% to 70%. If a large project involves the installation of hundreds of cabinets, then using TS IT system cabinets can save a lot of installation costs and manpower."

Nowadays, people pay great attention to the energy saving of data centers. Although the cabinet is small, it can also make its due contribution to the energy saving of the data center. For example, unlike most black cabinets, Weitu pushes white cabinets, which reduces lighting consumption in the data center. For example, the TS IT system cabinet uses a hole mesh design, the ventilation area is up to 85%, which can accelerate the air flow, and the speed of the air conditioner can be reduced accordingly, thus achieving the effect of energy saving.

"from the perspective of cabinets alone, the energy-saving effect may not be obvious enough. When designing cabinets, we usually combine cabinets with other related systems, such as cooling systems, to achieve energy saving from the perspective of optimizing the overall architecture. We calculate that architecturally optimized cabinets and air-conditioning systems can reduce energy consumption by 50%. Data centers with Weitu cabinets have a minimum PUE of 1.2." Han Yong said.

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