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Cooler Servers or Cooler Rooms?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the six-of-one-half-a-dozen-of-another dept.

mstansberry writes "Analysts, experts and engineers rumble over which is more important in curbing server heat issues; cooler rooms or cooler servers. And who will be the first vendor to bring water back into the data center?"

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  1. Re:well I've always wondered this by El_Servas · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Duplication is nice in some respects, more redundancy is a big plus.

    definitely. More redundancy is more redundant.

  2. it's called an "on line" UPS... by SuperBanana · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    . And your battery backup infact does not convert AC to DC then back again, it has two seperate paths a direct AC path then another path for AC to DC, yes it does have a DC to AC converter, but that is only used during power failure.

    Many UPS's DO convert to DC and back again- they're called "on line" UPS's, and they are by far the dominant type of UPS.

    Of course, you'd know this if you had any datacenter/IT experience, instead of being a college student.

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