Ben Scott wrote:
I often wonder why the IT industry doesn't come up with something along those lines. While redundant-everything is more then most people want, the flow of power is much more appropriate. With a conventional setup, we convert from AC to DC to AC to DC, as we go from line to UPS to computer power supply to computer. It would be nice if we could leave the inverter out, leave the PC PSU out, and just go from AC to DC in the UPS, and then run DC directly into the PC. Less heat, less space, more efficiency, longer runtimes. I'm sure if, say, APC teamed up with Dell, they could make quite a killing.
I've seen rackmount servers on eBay in the past that were DC-powered; I imagine they were probably the same thing you're describing here. If I recall correctly, they were Sun Netra 1U servers. -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix ICQ 28611923 / AIM abreauj / JABBER [EMAIL PROTECTED] / YAHOO abreauj Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
