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Re: FreeAxez raised flooring?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ryan Spott)
Fri Mar 5 11:41:06 2010
In-Reply-To: <20100305163805.GI43985@miniguru.ca>
From: Ryan Spott <rspott@cspott.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:40:13 -0800
To: Dorn Hetzel <dhetzel@gmail.com>, nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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http://serverspecs.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/07/10/data-center-raised-floor-vs-solid-debate/>
is an excellent article on the matter.
ryan
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:38 AM, acv <acv@miniguru.ca> wrote:
> > What is the purpose of raised flooring if it *doesn't *create a plenum?
>
> Cable management, low(er) install costs and high-load bearing capacity.
>
> Frankly if you're gonna go with that, you're better off bolting the racks
> directly to the concrete slab and use Snake Trays for cable management,
> easier to access.
>
> Alex
>
> On Fri, Mar 05, 2010 at 11:14:48AM -0500, Dorn Hetzel wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 11:14:48 -0500
> > Subject: Re: FreeAxez raised flooring?
> > From: Dorn Hetzel <dhetzel@gmail.com>
> > To: nanog@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
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
