[103303] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: rack power question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Vixie)
Tue Mar 25 12:32:42 2008
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Paul Vixie <vixie@isc.org>
Date: 25 Mar 2008 15:57:09 +0000
In-Reply-To: <20080325115255.GE31583@skywalker.creative.net.au>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
adrian@creative.net.au (Adrian Chadd) writes:
> This thread begs a question - how much do you think it'd be worth to do
> things more efficiently?
this is a strict business decision involving sustainability and TCO. if it
takes one watt of mechanical to transfer heat away from every watt delivered,
whereas ambient air with good-enough filtration will let one watt of roof fan
transfer the heat away from five delivered watts, then it's a no-brainer. but
as i said at the outset, i am vexed at the moment by the filtration costs.
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Paul Vixie
