The Origin 3900 effectively quadruples the maximum compute density," he said. It has the density of a blade but the architecture of a supercomputer. Additionally, density increases performance by reducing the distance that signals have to travel...
IBM has released a cooling gadget for data-centres that's designed to extend the abilities of existing air conditioning systems while saving space and money. Cool Blue is designed to fit on to IBM eServer-class enterprise racks but the company said...
The mainframe is one part of the wider problem facing data centre managers, as they are bulky and demand plenty of cooling and air-conditioning. Other innovative ways of making IT more environmentally friendly include ultra-thin, high-density...
The study included supporting infrastructure such as data centre air conditioning and lighting but not other computing equipment such as storage arrays or network switches, Koomey said. Servers in the US and their attendant cooling systems consumed...
Inside, eight industry-standard 19-inch, 42-unit racks run down either side of the structurally upgraded container, which is supported by a state-of-the-art cooling system to allow for a very high server density.
While the 32 servers and racks became coated in dust, and humidity was monitored but not controlled, the failure rate was 4.46 per cent, compared with a 3.83 per cent failure rate in Intel's main data centre over the same period.
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