The 100 Degree Data Center

miller60 writes "Are you ready for the 100-degree data center? Rackable Systems has introduced a new enclosure that it says can run high-density racks safely in environments as hot as 104 degrees (40 degrees C), offering customers the option of saving energy in their data center. Most data centers operate in a range between 68 and 74 degrees. Raising the thermostat can lower the power bill, allowing data centers to use less power for cooling. But higher temperatures can be less forgiving in the event of a cooling failure, and not likely to be welcomed by employees working in the data center."

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Re:Were nerds here... use the f'ing metric system

[russotto]

Sorry, but that is just stupid. Below zero I expect ice on the road when driving to work.

Around here, there won't typically be ice on the road unless it's in the low 20s. Because they treat them with salt and, yes, brine. But below zero, salt is totally ineffective.

In winter time that is a daily issue; I have never ever worried about if saturated brine is freezing. Same with the boiling point of water, which is an issue every day when making dinner.

Just boil the water; you don't need to measure the temperature to do so.

It is strange that US nerds can't understand that standards are needed to communicate efficiently and that national pride is stupid when dealing with an international standard.

If the metric system wasn't so poorly designed for every day use (Celcius is the worst, but the other units are terrible for estimating and for reasonably-spaced whole-number units), maybe there wouldn't be so much resistance to it.