Re: Forcasts, why won't anyone believe them?

[Brian Wallingford <brian () meganet net>]

:One thing that would help.
:
:Sun, Dell, Cisco, Compaq, Juniper, etc.  Can you please start listing
:the true power draw of your equipment, not just the fuse rating.  It
:would make forcasting a lot easier, if we knew ahead of time how much
:the equipment will really draw.

On a somewhat related note, it would be very useful to see manufacturers
include info on maximum transient loads (e.g., upon power-up, card
insertion, etc.) and practical constant draw on a per-chassis and per-card
basis.  Such would be helpful in datacenter power plant design as well as
for offering data to the local 'edison'.  Some manufacturers do so, though
it'd be nice to see it become common practice.

-brian