[123340] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FreeAxez raised flooring?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dorn Hetzel)
Fri Mar 5 11:15:15 2010
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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:14:48 -0500
From: Dorn Hetzel <dhetzel@gmail.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
What is the purpose of raised flooring if it *doesn't *create a plenum?
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Jason Gurtz <jasongurtz@npumail.com> wrote:
> A consultant has recommended FreeAxez for the raised floor in a new data
> center. I checked it out and have concerns since it says it does NOT
> create a plenum and cannot be used as an air handling space; it's a
> low-profile flooring system.
>
> How would cooling be done in this scenario? Open air (with intake/exhaust
> mixing) seems like a step backwards in terms of efficiency.
>
> Descriptions of any operation experience with this product will be
> gratefully accepted.
>
> ~JasonG
>
>
>
