Close-coupled cooling is an advanced cooling system particularly used in data centers. The goal of close-coupled cooling is to bring heat transfer as close to the source of heat as possible. By moving the air conditioner closer to the equipment rack, it ensures a more immediate capture of exhaust air and that the cool air goes exactly where it is needed.
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👉 Close Coupled Cooling in the context of Computer cluster
A computer cluster is a set of computers that work together so that they can be viewed as a single system. Unlike grid computers, computer clusters have each node set to perform the same task, controlled and scheduled by software. The newest manifestation of cluster computing is cloud computing.
The components of a cluster are usually connected to each other through fast local area networks, with each node (computer used as a server) running its own instance of an operating system. In most circumstances, all of the nodes use the same hardware and the same operating system, although in some setups (e.g. using Open Source Cluster Application Resources (OSCAR)), different operating systems can be used on each computer, or different hardware.
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