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Raised Flooring Obsolete or Not?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-getting-hot-in-here dept.

mstansberry writes "In part three of a series on the price of power in the data center, experts debate the merits of raised flooring. It's been around for years, but the original raised floors weren't designed to handle the air flow people are trying to get out them today. Some say it isn't practical to expect air to make several ninety-degree turns and actually get to where it's supposed to go. Is cooling with raised floors the most efficient option?"

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  1. Turns? by mboverload · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As long as the space under the floor has a negative or positive atmosphere I can't see how somme turns have anything to do with the air flow.

  2. I wouldn't say they're going to become obsolete. by wcrowe · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Another big reason for raised floors is to handle wiring. I know companies where it was installed only for this reason. Cooling wasn't even on their minds.

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  3. One way to fight this -- the CHIP by Work+Account · · Score: 5, Insightful

    To paraphrase a popular saying: "It's the COMPUTERS, stupid!"

    Inefficient architectures must be discarded to make way for more modern, smaller, COOLER processors.

    Let's address the real problem here -- not the SYMPTOM of hot air.

    We need to address the COMPUTERS.

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    1. Re:One way to fight this -- the CHIP by n0dalus · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Perhaps more importantly, better software solutions can make large hardware systems unnecessary. Instead of running and cooling 10 servers for a certain purpose, write better software to allow you to do the same thing on just one or two servers. If you cut down the amount of servers in the room by enough, you don't even need dedicated cooling.