[Beowulf] urgent: cost of fire suppression?

[Stu Midgley]

in stark contrast to the environmentally friendly-ness of super computers
and clusters...

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 6:04 PM, Jonathan Aquilina <jaquilina at eagleeyet.net>
wrote:

> Halon is no longer used due to its harmful effects on the environment.
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> On 2016-04-19 19:32, Per Jessen wrote:
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> William Johnson wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I can't speak to the cost in dollars, but you my want to define your
> goal in fire suppression.
> Whether you are trying to just save the building or also have hopes
> for data recovery might determine the type of system you employ, be it
> plain water sprinklers or some kind of chemical foam.
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> I thought halon gas was the usual choice for datacentres, has that gone
> out of fashion?
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