Total power consumption by the rack is now just over 10kW. That emits about 34k BTUs per hour.
With only five of the PE1950s turned on, the room quickly warmed up to 95F and their fans were screaming like hair dryers.
This forced me to install a CRAC unit (computer room air conditioner) at a cost of $7,500. It is mostly installed and it should be ready to run on Monday.
The 10kW rack with the 10kW CRAC will eat up about 14,400kW hours of electricity per month.
Electricity around here goes for about $.10 per kW hour, for a monthly electric bill that could exceed $1400 per month.
With only five of the PE1950s turned on, the room quickly warmed up to 95F and their fans were screaming like hair dryers.
This forced me to install a CRAC unit (computer room air conditioner) at a cost of $7,500. It is mostly installed and it should be ready to run on Monday.
The 10kW rack with the 10kW CRAC will eat up about 14,400kW hours of electricity per month.
Electricity around here goes for about $.10 per kW hour, for a monthly electric bill that could exceed $1400 per month.