Re: [57north-discuss] Dell Servers - Calculations etc

2014-04-11 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
On 11 Apr 2014, at 10:04, Tony Travis tony.tra...@minke-informatics.co.uk wrote: Hi, Calum. I've no experience of the Dell systems, but modern PSU's are designed to be 80% efficient (i.e. 20% of the electricity consumed by the PSU is dissipated as heat). Most servers use PSU's that are ~50%

[57north-discuss] Dell Servers - Calculations etc

2014-04-10 Thread Calum Enterobsidian
Hi guys, I've run a few calculations to try and work out how many servers the space can use. The calculations assume that there is a dedicated pair of 13A main sockets for the server rack, and that they will conform to specifications and carry the current without any problem. The 1950 model