On 9/30/11 3:41 PM, Michael Painter wrote: > Steven G. Huter wrote: >> this August 2011 article in the Economist outlines some relevant info >> about the prineville, oregon FB datacenter. >> >> http://www.economist.com/node/21525237 >> >> steve > > Informative article..."It's the climate, stupid". > > Got a laugh out of: > "The server racks are nearly silent, and their internal fans whirr > almost imperceptibly. > The only exceptions are network switches which, Facebook staff notes, > are perversely designed by even the biggest firms to vent air out of > their sides. As a result, they run loud and hot-and are openly sworn at." >
Which says to me that FB staff has no clue how chassis switches are constructed, or they don't like switches with vertically oriented line cards. ~Seth