Re: Colocation in the US.

["Tony Varriale" <tvarriale () comcast net>]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JC Dill" <lists05 () equinephotoart com>
Cc: <nanog () merit edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: Colocation in the US.


> 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