[Beowulf] Fwd: Project Natick

[Michael Di Domenico]

On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 10:20 AM, Prentice Bisbal <pbisbal at pppl.gov> wrote:
>
> I imagine it would have to be filtered, too, to keep small marine life and
> debris from clogging up the piping. I wonder if any forms of marine life in
> that part of the ocean would  like the warm water inside the heat exchangers
> or at the exhaust and try to make it their homes.

my guess it's probably a low risk.  not only are the pipes likely full
copper, which is toxic to most marine life, but the flow rate inside
the pipes is probably high enough that nothing has much of a chance to
stick.  there's probably just some course basic filters that need to
scrubbed clear every once in a while.

i'm not sure i see a point in all this anyhow, it's a neat science
experiment, but what's the ROI on sinking a container full of servers
vs just pumping cold seawater from 100ft down

and the servers are likely fail at some rate, at what point do they
consider a failed container failed and pull it back up from to the
surface to fix the hardware

and since just about every boat in the world leaks in some way, i
suspect this one will too