Press: Efficient and mobile

Data centre provider Rittal now presents its fully functional Data Center Container. This "Plug & Play" solution has a complete IT infrastructure, and it can be erected on any available free space. It can be individually configured: Depending on requirements, customers can install their own racks and equipment simply to move their servers in. The basic version already comes with built-in power distribution, a cable compartment, an access system and efficient climate control. The latter is available with a cooling output of up to 20 kW and with 2+1 redundancy.

An economical and environmentally friendly direct free cooling system can be retrofitted in the 7 and 10 kW performance classes, using filtered outdoor air to cool the data centre. The device operates in three modes: summer, winter or mixed. It can operate in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in free-cooling mode for 90 percent of the year, for example. If we assume electricity charges of 14 cents per kW, annual operating savings of up to € 5,000 can be generated by using the technology, in comparison to the expense of running a conventional air conditioning solution. Thanks to the free cooling system, the Rittal Data Center Container achieves a PUE (power usage effectiveness) of less than 1.2.

For use everywhere

The Rittal Data Center Container is an autonomous module that can be deployed in a variety of scenarios: as an interim data centre during expansion or rebuilding work when space is limited (in listed historical buildings for instance) or as an extension where capacity constraints exist. Large modern data centres also use the container modules, since they allow computing capacity to be scaled on demand, which increases the workload. The Rittal Data Center Container is 3 metres wide and is particularly spacious, offering enough room for both operation and servicing. Nevertheless, it can easily be loaded onto a truck, ship or plane.

Since current 20-foot containers are generally not robust enough for sensitive IT equipment, the Rittal Data Center Container offers a strengthened exterior shell with F90 fire protection, as well as theft protection of up to resistance class 3. The access system can optionally be equipped with a smart card reader and an electronic or key combination lock. Besides all this, the Rittal Data Center Container can also be equipped with RiZone software for infrastructure management.

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Rittal

Rittal GmbH & Co. KG, which has its headquarters in Herborn, Germany, is one of the world's leading system suppliers for housing and enclosure technologies, power distribution systems, system climate control and IT infrastructure. Customers from all sectors of industry, from mechanical and plant engineering, as well as from the IT and telecoms market, are making use of system solutions from Rittal.

Its broad product range also includes complete solutions for modular and energy-efficient data centres: from innovative security concepts for data systems (formerly known as Litcos) through to physical data and system security for IT infrastructures (formerly known as Lampertz). The leading software providers Eplan and Mind8 - Rittal subsidiaries - are supplementing the Rittal product portfolio with interdisciplinary engineering solutions.

Founded in 1961, Rittal is now active worldwide with 12 production sites, 63 subsidiaries and 40 agencies. With 9,000 employees worldwide, Rittal is the largest company of the proprietor-run Friedhelm Loh Group of Haiger, Germany. The entire group employs more than 10,500 people and generated revenues of more than € 2.2 billion in 2008. Further information at www.rittal.com and www.friedhelm-loh-group.com.