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What's the power hookup to just boot one rack? I'd imagine that's more than you get anywhere in residential areas for a single house.
by criemen 9mo ago
What's the power hookup to just boot one rack?
I'd imagine that's more than you get anywhere in residential areas for a single house.
- embedding-shape 9mo agoHopefully in 40 years we'll all be running miniature cold fusion power or something, so we can avoid burning the planet to the ground.
- MisterTea 9mo agoDepends on the residence. I have personally seen a large house in Brooklyn with dual 200 amp 120/208 volt three phase services (two meters, each feeding a panel.) I have seen someone setup an old SGI rack scale Origin 3000 systems in their garage. I think they even had an electrician upgrade their service to accommodate it.
- wmf 9mo ago170 kW
- pureagave 9mo ago100% this. But don't forget the garden hose running full blast so you can cool it! It's not impossible to get up and running for fun for an hour, but this isn't a run 24/7 kinda setup any more than getting an old mainframe running in one's garage is practical.