Re: DATACENTER: Cooling and Cost Data for Web Hosting Data Centers

[scott w <scott@digisle.net>]

On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Ken Woods wrote:
> > I'm not even gonna start.
> Actually, now that I've had a few mins to wake up, I've changed my mind.
> > On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, scott w wrote:
> > > helps.  Got my flame-proof panties on just in case...  ;-)
> ewww....
> mental image.

Yep 8-)

> > > 1.add up the total DC wattage
> 
> 1. Why are you using DC?
> Are you building a switch facility, or a colo/web hosting facility?
> Most of "us" are building colo/hosting.  DC is evil.

No I don't use DC.  We've got colo, etc. When you said something along
tthe lines of 8Amps = 1 VAR, I figured it was DC.  Otherwise it'd be 8A
rms, yes?

> > > 2.divide total DC Watts by 0.7 (1 divided by the square root of 2 ~= .7)

Thanks for your response Ken!  I can easily see you're well versed in the
EE stuff.  I was mainly aiming at some of the datacenter mailing list
guys. I felt that if some saw a DC watts to complex power conversion, I
might be able to explain a little deeper that the 2 are not the same.  
I'll leave the thread to you...  :-)

scott