Data Center Rack Cooling Tests

BG,

Two things:-

A Loadbank will not adequately test your heat loading\heat rejection as it is a different type of heat profile and will probably damage the cabling and internals of the Rack in the process.

Secondly, the Lab testing & proof of concept testing by most of the rack designers is done with Servers, Blade Server or Disk Arrays or "By the Numbers".
This is generally based on the Air Volume (l\s) and Cooling capacity of the LCP Coils.

I had one client try 16kW of Resistive coil heaters (Mickey Mouse 8 X 2kW heaters),

The end result = Fire Alarm (No Gas Dump, Luckily), Destroyed Fibre cables, Cat6 Dead and Power Rails both needed replacing. Translates to "Don't do it this way"

If you look hard enough, you can hire enough server, SANs etc to create your load for in situ testing...This is the best, if not the cheapest way to do what you need.

Last thought, with the UPS you are installing, this is only 5-6 racks, you might want to re-think your loadings.

Good Luck,
Regards,
Sapper