[AusNOG] CNET: Google uncloaks once-secret server

[John Lindsay]

Or the USA.

There's no reason for Google to not run their kit on 60 Hz 220VAC

We can get both 110 and 220 in data centres in the USA.

jsl

On 03/04/2009, at 12:14 PM, Colwell, Scott wrote:

> Further down in the article you can see that the power cord has an  
> IEC 60320 type C14 socket on the end.
>
> See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_connector#C13_and_C14_connectors
>
> So all we can guess from that is that it was deployed somewhere with  
> 200-240v AC which
> includes a very large part of Europe.
>
> Scott
>
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net 
> ] On Behalf Of Sean K. Finn
> Sent: Friday, 3 April 2009 12:27 PM
> To: 'Kaan Kivilcim'; 'AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net'
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] CNET: Google uncloaks once-secret server
>
> The only thing unintuitive that I can see about the design is that  
> the power cord goes THROUGH  the server only to reconnect at the  
> other side, and looks hard wired in the side of the chassis.
>
> The power supply shows 200-240Vac, so are we looking at an  
> Australian server?
>
> -Sean.
>
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net 
> ] On Behalf Of Kaan Kivilcim
> Sent: Friday, 3 April 2009 8:24 AM
> To: AusNOG at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: [AusNOG] CNET: Google uncloaks once-secret server
>
> In case anyone hadn’t seen it already: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.html
>
> MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--Google is tight-lipped about its computing  
> operations, but the company for the first time on Wednesday revealed  
> the hardware at the core of its Internet might at a conference here  
> about the increasingly prominent issue of data center efficiency.
>
> kk
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