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Does the market care much about size? I thought there were lots of datacenters that reached their limits on power and cooling despite having floor space availab

Does the market care much about size? I thought there were lots of datacenters that reached their limits on power and cooling despite having floor space available for more racks.

dozzie 10y ago
> Does the market care much about size? If it didn't, we wouldn't have blade servers, for which the main selling point is density.
gravypod 10y ago
It depends on place to place but sometimes space is limited. I know some places need "off-site" backups that are within walking distance (not really too off site). For companies in NYC or populated areas space is a factor. Also if a machine was half as power consuming, twice as powerful, but you could only fit one in your entire datacenter, I don't think many would go for it. Having many systems is a failure tolerance assurance. Being able to increse your power efficiency, processing ability, AND capacity all by switching to a single system that's priced competativly/cheaper to the market standard? That's a wining combo.