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> Cooling fans (in servers) pull 150W total most of the time but can be up to 300W. Oxide Computer found that going from tiny 20mm fans to 80mm dropped their c
by throw0101b 1y ago
> Cooling fans (in servers) pull 150W total most of the time but can be up to 300W.
Oxide Computer found that going from tiny 20mm fans to 80mm dropped their chassis power usage bigly: they found a rack full of 1U servers had 25% of its power going to the fans (efficiency is to the cube of the radius).
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTJYY_Y1H9Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTJYY_Y1H9Q
- mdaniel 1y agoMy mental model is that such a choice is why a data center is deafening: all those tiny fans spinning at hella rpm