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Dell To Sell Advanced Server Cooling Systems

Posted by kdawson on from the series-of-tubes dept.

Mitechsi writes "Dell has struck a deal with Emerson to sell advanced liquid cooling systems and services to data center owners. One type of supplemental cooling technology is called the Liebert XD. The XD consists of refrigerant-filled pipes that snake around the server racks in a data center. The liquid system cuts the cooling power load by about 30%–50% compared to other types of cooling systems."

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  1. Water cooling with a different, expensive name ? by billcopc · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So Dell is going to offer water cooling, ok great! Why call it "Liebert XD" ? What, it's not water ? Oh ok then. I don't care if you pump it full of $400/gallon fluorinert and have plastic fishies floating through it, it's still just liquid cooling, something that existed in the server room long before Michael Dell ever sold a single server machine.

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    -Billco, Fnarg.com
  2. "Advanced" Liquid Cooling System? by BBCWatcher · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So Dell PC servers now have old fashioned, pipes-in-the-data-centre liquid cooling, while IBM mainframes do not.

    We have come full circle, haven't we?