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Rack space can be quite expensive. Sometimes you need a lot of computing power in one or two rack units. Would be interested in what the management pains are.
by syoc 5y ago
Rack space can be quite expensive.
Sometimes you need a lot of computing power in one or two rack units.
Would be interested in what the management pains are.
I agree that 2 socket machines require more thought in a lot of scenarios, especially IO heavy workloads.
- zaroth 5y agoIn my very limited experience it seems like space is much less an issue than power density. You can fit far more kW/U than the datacenter can possibly cool. In the commodity space that I rent, I ran out of power before filling even half the rack. I’m sure higher power/cooling density is possible to obtain, but I would think you’re primarily paying for that versus square footage?
- zozbot234 5y agoWhat do you need that power density for? It's a rack, not a supercomputer. (I sure hope it's not "mining coins" or anything like that.)
- wmf 5y agoIt's not really about needing power density; high density can easily happen accidentally. 40 1S servers in a rack could be 20 kW and 40 2S servers could be 30+ kW.
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- jeffbee 5y agoThe OpenCompute "Delta Lake" machine mentioned in the article occupies only one third of 1RU and peaks at 400W. You will certainly be power/cooling limited, rather than volume limited, with that kind of density.