[123351] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FreeAxez raised flooring?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Fri Mar 5 12:59:39 2010
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <7db2dcf91003050814k38252315nb543fbb4d7b980@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 01:54:00 +0800
To: Dorn Hetzel <dhetzel@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Not sure about the purpose of a raised floor if it doesn't create a =
plenum, but, the
step forward from raised-floor plenum is hot-aisle/cold-aisle which =
requires a good
bit more discipline in your datacenter, but, is substantially more =
efficient.
Owen
On Mar 6, 2010, at 12:14 AM, Dorn Hetzel wrote:
> What is the purpose of raised flooring if it *doesn't *create a =
plenum?
>=20
> On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Jason Gurtz <jasongurtz@npumail.com> =
wrote:
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>> 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.
>>=20
>> How would cooling be done in this scenario? Open air (with =
intake/exhaust
>> mixing) seems like a step backwards in terms of efficiency.
>>=20
>> Descriptions of any operation experience with this product will be
>> gratefully accepted.
>>=20
>> ~JasonG
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