Hey all -- wanted to ask a question of fellow STHers, as I'm sure that you all have much more experience in colocation than I do
A local datacenter in WA that I prior to now (otherwise) liked has informed me that they would not exceed 40A per cabinet.
My thinking was something along these lines -- if I were to colo two SuperMicro Twins, which could probably exceed that at full load in only 4U, they are suggesting that I'd need to purchase a full cabinet to do so. There would be ~36U of entirely wasted space.
The DC runs about $1400/mo per cabinet, and 40A / 120V plus 1gbps up/down. They don't have any other power option available.
The concern they cited was heat dissipation capability. STH, am I yelling into the void at the laws of physics, or is this fairly typical practice?
A local datacenter in WA that I prior to now (otherwise) liked has informed me that they would not exceed 40A per cabinet.
My thinking was something along these lines -- if I were to colo two SuperMicro Twins, which could probably exceed that at full load in only 4U, they are suggesting that I'd need to purchase a full cabinet to do so. There would be ~36U of entirely wasted space.
The DC runs about $1400/mo per cabinet, and 40A / 120V plus 1gbps up/down. They don't have any other power option available.
The concern they cited was heat dissipation capability. STH, am I yelling into the void at the laws of physics, or is this fairly typical practice?
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