[94469] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Colocation in the US.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (JC Dill)
Tue Jan 23 17:12:38 2007
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:11:48 -0800
From: JC Dill <lists05@equinephotoart.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <45B5B124.3030005@robsherrard.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Robert Sherrard wrote:
>
> Who's getting more than 10kW per cabinet and metered power from their
> colo provider?
I had a data center tour on Sunday where they said that the way they
provide space is by power requirements. You state your power
requirements, they give you enough rack/cabinet space to *properly*
house gear that consumers that much power. If your gear is particularly
compact then you will end up with more space than strictly necessary.
It's a good way of looking at the problem, since the flipside of power
consumption is the cooling problem. Too many servers packed in a small
space (rack or cabinet) becomes a big cooling problem.
jc
