Raised Flooring Obsolete or Not?

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?"

Comments

I wouldn't say they're going to become obsolete.

[wcrowe]

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.

One way to fight this -- the CHIP

[Work Account]

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.