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Re: Mailing list/group for datacenter facilities folks
From: Jimmy Hess <mysidia () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 20:03:24 -0500
On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Brandon Kim <brandon.kim () brandontek com> wrote:
I would love to be a part of this list if there is one!!! Cooling is not as easy as just pumping cold air into a room.....
? Indeed... it's even easier than that. Cooling is as easy as making an entire room emit heat to the outside environment at an average rate that is consistently faster than heat transfer into the room from all sources. There are many ways of accomplishing that. One of the best ways is to put your room in an already cold environment, in contact with an excellent thermal conductor. For example... server room in the arctic region, at the bottom of some lake. Probably with all air removed from the environment, and a sound thermal medium such as oil pumped in in its place (make sure to use SSDs for all storage and no mechanical devices). -- -JH
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- Re: Mailing list/group for datacenter facilities folks Matt Ryanczak (Sep 07)
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- Re: Mailing list/group for datacenter facilities folks Chris Boyd (Sep 07)
- RE: Mailing list/group for datacenter facilities folks Drew Weaver (Sep 07)
- Re: Mailing list/group for datacenter facilities folks Chris Boyd (Sep 07)
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