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

[hannigan@fugawi.net]

> 
> On Wed, 8 Dec 1999 hannigan@fugawi.net wrote:
> 
> > Wouldn't 100A per rack be a good number? That's what I am using, then
> > aggregating actual as we grow i.e. I'm not installing full load of
> > 10 tonners everywhere, just half and adjusting as we fill an average
> > of 50-80Ksq.f
> 
> What?
> You've _got_ to be kidding.
> 100A per rack?
> Short of a small load bank, I don't know how you could do that.

i said that as a baseline, and then REDUCED based on actual.


> I've never understood why people like the design that Level 3 uses.
> Hint: Go to your local level 3 person, and ask them why they spend
> billions of dollars on their facilities, but don't spend the extra $5.00
> for delayed transfer?

Explain? I built about a million sf of their colo.

I dont really give a shit, just looking for good feedback on what
not to do again. :-)