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

[Ken Woods <kwoods@verio.net>]

On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Nathan Stratton wrote:

> On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, W Halls wrote:
> 
> > 
> > To what specs are people designing web hosting data
> > center cooling for ? 30/60/90W/sq foot ?
> 
> Depends on the datacenter, but 4000 - 12,000 BTUs a rack depending on the
> hardware and how populated they are.

eh......

Cooling load is directly relational to power consumption.
Don't overdesign your facility.

Figure out the power USAGE.  Then do the math (or have your AE firm do
it...)

> > 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. :-)

Smartass.
:)



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Ken Woods
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