With the continuous development of computer technology, the accompanying computer rooms are also rapidly developing, and their development can be roughly divided into the following four periods:

1. In the early stage of the computer room (1960-1980), there were only cooling measures, no precise temperature control, and no testing and indicators. We use air ducts for air supply and voltage stabilizers for power supply, lacking prevention of power interference (spikes, surges) and strict dust removal measures. The harsh environment combined with poor performance of early computers resulted in stable working hours of computer systems lasting only a few minutes to a few hours, often leading to several failures in a day. Sometimes it breaks down once but needs to be repaired for 1-2 days, resulting in extremely poor usability.

2. During the middle period of the computer room (1980-1990), standards were gradually formulated and refrigeration shifted from centralized cooling to the use of specialized air conditioning units with constant temperature and humidity. The concept of anti-static has been introduced in the design, and anti-static flooring has been used. UPS and other equipment have also been introduced on the equipment. The fire protection system adopts automatic and semi-automatic applications, with a large computer room area and wide equipment transportation channels, which can test and monitor individual indicators. The dust removal in the computer room adopts a fresh air system and positive pressure dust prevention in the computer room. At this point, the computer system can work stably for a few days and the concept of modularity has already been introduced.

3. In the later stage of the computer room (1990-2000), IT equipment gradually became smaller and servers gradually became the main body. Multiple computers and servers were connected to the network, and a large number of network equipment began to be shared. The level of data storage media has gradually improved, and stricter protection has been applied to data. Through experience accumulation, new standards have been formulated, and dedicated air conditioners with constant temperature and humidity have been widely used. We have adopted a large number of UPS, improved the lightning protection standards, and developed a comprehensive monitoring system and specialized computer room decoration design. At this time, the stable working time of the IT system is several tens of days, and the availability and reliability have been greatly improved.

4. Modern computer room (21st century): In modern computer rooms, the rack becomes the main body of IT equipment, and all equipment enters the rack. It has more reasonable usability design, higher practicability, progressiveness, flexible scalability, manageability, maintainability, and more standardized equipment. We have strengthened our attention to the data storage environment, strengthened strict monitoring and supervision of computer room construction, and can maintain 24-hour non-stop. At this point, the system can work stably for several months or for a longer period of time.

Cabinet is a common device in the data center, and its use helps with the management of the data center. At present, the demand for cabinets in the market is relatively high, mainly because the development trend of computer rooms is good, and many cabinets are needed to support their development. Here, we will mainly talk about the future development trends of cabinets and take a look at the development situation of cabinets.

1. Intelligent data center: With the rapid advancement of network technology, various high-tech network devices continue to emerge, which has taken data center equipment to a new level. The future data center can achieve unmanned operation without the need for dedicated personnel to monitor 24/7, which saves a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources.

2. Unmanned management: Nowadays, most computer rooms are controlled by dedicated personnel through computer equipment, and in order to achieve unmanned management in the computer room, once the KVM system is implemented, there is no need for dedicated personnel to control the computer room anymore.


3. Green environmental trend: Most of the equipment in the computer room consumes a lot of energy, and these devices require a large amount of energy resources. With the development of technology, many data centers are now using energy-saving equipment. These energy-saving devices can not only reduce resource waste, but also make data centers cleaner.