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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. Where else? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where else am I going to store my beer so it can stay cold and the boss not find it?

    1. Re:Where else? by hamburger+lady · · Score: 5, Funny

      man, i'd much rather have you for an employee than the guy asking where to hide the bodies..

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  2. sub-floor by backdoorman · · Score: 5, Funny

    But then where will we keep the bodies?

  3. Oh...so it's for practial reasons... by Infinityis · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought the raised flooring was just to make the people working there look taller and more impressive, kinda like how they do with pharmacists.

  4. 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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  5. Re:Turns? by geoffspear · · Score: 5, Funny
    Thanks for reassuring me about this.

    After reading this very insightful article summary, I was planning to completely replace all of the ductwork in my house on the assumption that air can't go around corners. You just saved me several thousand dollars.

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  6. Army Research Labs solution... by Seltsam · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I interned at ARL inside of Aberdeen Proving Grounds this past summer and when touring the supercomputer room (more like cluster room these days), the guide said they used one of the computers in the room to simulate the airflow in that room so they could align the systems for better cooling. How geeky is that!

  7. 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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