[AusNOG] What's Typical Power Density in Colo?

[Mark Foster]

> On 03/05/12 22:43, jason andrade wrote:
>> More specifically, I'm interested in options where I don't have to lease
>> an entire rack due to my need to run up to 4KW theoretical load (actual
>> sustained loading is well under this).  There seems to be a lot of colo
>> out there at the 10-to-16A (N+1) level and not a lot
>
> Out of curiousity as i have talked to a couple of DC operators
> recently (who
> had no issues in being able to do this, after engineering checks)
>
> Is it fair to say that expecting 10-15kW in a rack is _not_ something
> most DCs are interested in doing ? Or is there increasing ability to
> accomodate this now ? 

My anecdotal viewpoint (becoming more solid thanks to the feedback i've
seen both on and off-list) is that many of the older/legacy DC
installations are built around demand of 10-to-16A/rack and that it's
mainly the more modern, higher-end datacentres that are able to offer
higher density - and that there aren't that many of those as of yet?

As a networking geek, this server-hosting business is a learning curve.
Especially when those servers are drawing a bucketload more power than
my switches and routers. ;-)



On 03/05/12 21:41, Sean K. Finn wrote:
>
> Your likely main cost will be related to power, actual rack SPACE
> seems to be secondary.
>
>  
>

This is seeming to be the case, though I assume this is a shift in the
norm over the course of the last several years (as higher density,
higher power-and-heat-footprint-per-RU equipment becomes more common.

Thanks to everyone who's replied both on and off-list, no doubt some
further off-list correspondence will be fired out later today!

Regards
Mark.
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