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With the photos released by Google/MSFT/FB and OpenCompute specs they are putting ~60-96 "1U equivalent" boxes per rack (each with 2x E5-2600 class CPUs). Getti
by virtuallynathan 11y ago
With the photos released by Google/MSFT/FB and OpenCompute specs they are putting ~60-96 "1U equivalent" boxes per rack (each with 2x E5-2600 class CPUs). Getting datacenter densities to 25kW/rack requires a bit of extra work (Chimneys, containment, etc) but the big guys do this already.
http://www.intel.co.jp/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/best-practices/data-center-facilities-paper.pdf http://www.intel.co.jp/content/dam/www/public/us/en/document... covers it fairly well.
- skuhn 11y agoIt's totally possible to get to 80 general purpose compute servers to a rack, with a power draw of around 15kW. I prefer the Supermicro FatTwin, but there are other options with similar density. It usually isn't worth going to a mega dense rack (25kW or whatever), because unless you built the entire site with this in mind, you'll probably run out of power before you run out of space. Then you spent extra on these extreme density solutions for no real return. It can still make sense, if the entire solution is thought out.