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Oil Soaked Servers Coming Soon

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yeah-good-luck-with-that dept.

grease_boy writes "A UK company will start selling server racks submerged in oil baths within a year. Very-PC is working on prototypes and says that because oil transfers heat more efficiently, power usage can be cut by fifty percent."

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  1. Heh by peterprior · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bring a whole new meaning to Oil in a rack...... geddit..

    *grabs coat*

    1. Re:Heh by thoughtlover · · Score: 5, Funny

      Awww... I thought you were going to point us to a clip of C3PO being lowered into his oil bath. That's almost like a server soaked in oil, yeah?

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    2. Re:Heh by cayenne8 · · Score: 4, Funny
      But, aren't we trying to wean ourselves off dependence on foreign oil??

      Why not start off right, and soak these in biodiesel or ethanol?

      :-)

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  2. Interesting by LordPhantom · · Score: 5, Funny

    That sounds like a step forward. At least, until you consider that anyone working on them would get coated in oil... and frankly, server admins coated in oil are really something nobody wants to see.

    1. Re:Interesting by SNR+monkey · · Score: 4, Funny

      There really needs to be a "-1 Disgusting" mod for posts like yours. It made me laugh initially, but then I shuddered when the mental image hit. I'm going to try not to think about that for the rest of the day. Or any other day for that matter.

  3. Oil Soaked Servers? by pandrijeczko · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do you want me to make the joke about "fried chips" or do you want to do it?

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  4. Depends on the admin by Opportunist · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, would definitly start lobbying for more female tech workers here!

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    1. Re:Depends on the admin by suggsjc · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hold on, that actually might be funny. A beowulf cluster of oil covered female tech workers?

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  5. oil by normuser · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oily racks you say? You know this just might catch on.

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  6. job interview, 2009: by circletimessquare · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Hello, I'm reviewing your application and I don't see any IT exposure in it at all, no education, no experience... what makes you think that you're suited for a job at a server farm?"

    "Well, I was a fry cook at McDonalds for 2 years"

    "You're hired"

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