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

[Ken Woods <kwoods@verio.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.

> Yeah no shit. If you build like Level 3 does, your spending millions.
> If you build like we are, you're still spending millions but about 2/3
> of what Level 3 spent. I haven't seen an above.net space yet, but I
> hear it's "like" Level 3.

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?

The abovenet facilities are nice, but overdesigned.
MGE is cool and all, but Powerware does a _TRUE_ hot-sync redundant
cheaper.

VESDA sucks, too.

> > > What net square foot of raised floor to overall gross
> > > square foot ratios are people seeing ? i.e how many
> > > cabinets or racks per square foot ?
> > Well because of the size of the racks or cabinets, you can't get one in a
> > square foot. :-)
> You can get a chatsworth 7'x19" in a square foot. :-)

If you crush it........
:)

-- 
Ken Woods
kwoods@verio.net