Server Power and Performance Evaluation in High-Temperature Environments

Existing standards and guidelines can provide an appropriate framework for evaluating performance, reliability, and other factors while operating close to the prescribed limits of ambient temperature ranges. This paper describes the results of a study in which under certain load conditions an Intel® Xeon® processor-based system designed for a Class A2 environment1 as defined by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) can be adapted to a Class A4 environment1 or to a 3.1E environment as defined by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).