On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:20:00AM -0500, Dan Foster wrote: > > Yeah. We can't get enough power to fill our racks with 1U boxes > > anyway, so we just go with 2U or larger. > > I'm a little confused by that logic. :)
Sorry, long day :) > If you were otherwise satisfied with 1U and had the same, finite amount > of power, why not just partially fill a rack with what you can get, > power-wise, in 1U? > > Colour me slightly confused. :-) > > Or was the main factors related to cooling or ease of access to the > servers' innards, rather than size of the form factor per se? Correct. We tend to need a lot of local disks (the DL380 has 8 vs. the 4 in a DL360), and the extra PCI slot has come in handy too. 1U boxes tend to be a bit more fiddly internally, and cooling can be more of a challenge. Ease of access in the back of the equipment is also a point, and the DL380 has a nice display on the front that points out hardware problems. We've found it easier to just standardize on HP's 2U box. -j _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
