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I remember going to a Bladecenter demo at an IBM facility when they first came out, and the demonstrator pulled something that triggered the fans to go on HIGH
by smiley1437 6y ago
I remember going to a Bladecenter demo at an IBM facility when they first came out, and the demonstrator pulled something that triggered the fans to go on HIGH and the way it wound up like a jet engine was so comically loud the entire room of 30 guests all broke out laughing
Here's an idea of what it was like:
https://youtu.be/pS8h8z1c0bI?t=106 https://youtu.be/pS8h8z1c0bI?t=106
- bayindirh 6y agoIn the video you can hear only one of the two. Other one is connected to other power supply. We had a lot of them, with full configuration, at full load. Go, figure. They can generate a lot of heat though.
- smiley1437 6y agoGood lord, must have been like a wind tunnel in the back of the rack! To be fair, they ARE impressively CPU dense