You live in Australia, right? Halon systems leak all the time, it's not only discharge due to fires that's an issue.
The oldest machine room I've ever "owned" had a grandfathered, ozone-destroying AC system that leaked... a lot. On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 08:54:25AM -0500, Stu Midgley wrote: > and, you know, given the number of times fire supression systems go off in > a computer room, and the nastyness that is released when a computer room > does go up... I'd say far outweigh the environmental issues of a halon > system. > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 7:02 AM, Gavin W. Burris <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Simulation supplants lots of real-world material testing, not to mention > > the efficiencies eked out by CFD in various applications. So, an argument > > could be made that HPC is environmentally friendly. Although, work does > > expand to fill all (cpu)* time. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > > > On Wed 04/20/16 07:21PM EDT, Stu Midgley wrote: > > > in stark contrast to the environmentally friendly-ness of super computers > > > and clusters... > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 6:04 PM, Jonathan Aquilina < > > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Halon is no longer used due to its harmful effects on the environment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2016-04-19 19:32, Per Jessen wrote: > > > > > > > > William Johnson wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I can't speak to the cost in dollars, but you my want to define your > > > > goal in fire suppression. > > > > Whether you are trying to just save the building or also have hopes > > > > for data recovery might determine the type of system you employ, be it > > > > plain water sprinklers or some kind of chemical foam. > > > > > > > > > > > > I thought halon gas was the usual choice for datacentres, has that gone > > > > out of fashion? > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin > > Computing > > > > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > > > > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Dr Stuart Midgley > > > [email protected] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing > > > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > > > > > > -- > > Gavin W. Burris > > Senior Project Leader for Research Computing > > The Wharton School > > University of Pennsylvania > > Search our documentation: http://research-it.wharton.upenn.edu/about/ > > Subscribe to the Newsletter: http://whr.tn/ResearchNewsletterSubscribe > > > > > > -- > Dr Stuart Midgley > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
