2 ms·
You're talking about half the height and width? That would be pretty useful, you're right. Maybe be able to put 4 of these halfracks in a normal rack. Apple us
by bloopernova 6y ago
You're talking about half the height and width? That would be pretty useful, you're right. Maybe be able to put 4 of these halfracks in a normal rack.
Apple used to sell (or recommend, I forget) a half-height rack for academic use of XServes. I know one faculty who got one and didn't realize it would turn his office into a noisy datacentre. He had it moved to a spare office.
- Quequau 6y agoYeah... I'm talking something that would be shorter in width and length... so less volume. Anyway rack-mount equipment is so loud because it all uses tiny fans that are driven at very high RPMs. Using fewer larger fans that spun slower would be much quieter. I would guess that using water cooling might be still quieter but I suspect that would be a lot of effort. Having a single very large fan at the top of the rack, that ran on mains AC, might work fine, assuming the right heat sinks and ducting.
- numpad0 6y agoHalf depth servers and half depth + width ones for higher density mounting exists, though performance is kind of limited, blade servers are also a thing. But what I’ve heard about blades is they’re too dense for multi story building datacenters and that sharing blade chassis creates SPoF, and those points aren’t ideal.