PowerEdge Ampere

[Todd Lyons]

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On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 11:50:14PM +0200, Giorgio Zarrelli wrote:

>Do they, alltogether, require 5 ampere? That will compel me to take 1/2 a 
>rack, the only size I will have 5 ampere with.
>Or I should use a different method to evaluate the Ampere required?

We face the same issue.  Our provider provisions rackspace based on
current as well.  Basically we're allowed two 15 Amp 120 VAC services
per rack.  With our current servers, that means we can only fill it to a
little over the half way point.

Why do they do this?  Basically cooling is the limiting factor.  They
allow you to generate a certain amount of heat per square foot, so they
only supply a certain amount of current per square foot.

Sucks, but that's the way it is.
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Regards...		Todd
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