Re: Data Colo Facilities in Northern NJ
Pete Templin <[email protected]>
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Jeff Koch wrote: > > In our experience it's really impossible to actually use a constant 20 > amps. We'll load in servers till we're up to around 16-17 amps - any > higher and a spike of high activity could force the amps over the limit > and trip the circuit breakers. The actual amps used by our servers will > tend to vary - power usage seems to go up in the middle of the night > when we do our backups. As they say at Burger King, "Have it your way". But do also re-run the math using the power pricing as $0.20. You're now talking $276 to power your 16A draw and $276 to cool your 16A draw. A $500 cabinet now represents a $52 monthly loss before the real estate, staff, capital, etc. costs are ever considered. pt -- "Eat sushi frequently". - Avi [email protected] is the human contact address. [email protected] is the list posting address. See below URL for subscribe/unsubscribe and list options: http://inet-access.net/mailman/listinfo/list