[ale] Linux Cluster Server Room

[jonathan.glass at ibb.gatech.edu (Jonathan Glass)]

> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Dow Hurst wrote:
>
>> Thanks Jonathon!  That is exactly the kind of ballpark I needed!  I
>> don't need
>> the vendors right now as we are still kicking around ideas.  If anyone
>> would
>> throw some specs or ideas out there, I'd appreciate it.  Here is a quick
>> question?  Is planning for double your planned load a good rule?  I
>> would
>> think that would be a good idea.  How about backup cooling if the main
>> unit
>> dies?  The firesafe is one I had not thought of.
>> Dow
>
> I have no direct experience in these matters, but I've worked with a lot
> of people who managed this kind of thing and they always had trouble with
> too little power and too little cooling. It seems you can never have
> enough! If you don't have backup cooling you should have an automated
> system in place for shutting down the cluster or at least paging you if
> there's a problem.
>
> You could also try asking the same questions on the Bioclusters mailing
> list if you haven't already (especially since this is, in fact, for a
> "biocluster" is it not?):
>
> http://bioinformatics.org/lists/bioclusters
>
>
> 	bjorn
>

Along those lines, check out the APC Smart UPS series.  They have
environmental monitoring modules for them.


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