custom cluster cabinets (was Re: 1U P4 Systems)
Bari Ari
bari at onelabs.com
Wed May 23 14:27:12 PDT 2001
Kevin Facinelli wrote:
> If the entire top of the case was a heatsink many
> other variable come to mind....what happens when you
> stack or rack??? how thick will the lid be? How would
> you get air across the lid in a racked configuration.
>
> Let's think about this??? why does it have to be
> 1U??...think a little bit outside the box...if the
> unit could be any shape would it be thin and narrow
> creating a terrible aspect ratio for air
> movement...NO.
>
> Take a look at the ingenious approach of this product:
>
> http://www.crystalpc.com/products/computers/cs300.asp
>
> The cooling and space advantages are easy to see.
>
>
Take a look at the earlier post, it's all worked out.
The Crystal approach equates to only .87U per server, "the CS300 lets
you fit up to 52 servers in a standard 7 ft. rack/cabinet", better but
not dense enough. We were targeting 0.125U per node or 384 nodes per 7
ft. rack. I'd probably never build a single board to fill a 1U with
eight P4s on it, but the numbers do work out if you wanted to build some.
Bari
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