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From: Sam Citron	1/3/2006 8:53:49 AM
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The company that is really cleaning up from the low power server standpoint is Rackable Systems [naz:RACK] rackable.com that IPO'd at about 13 a few months ago and hit 30 a couple weeks ago. One of their main innovations is to make a server that is only 15" in depth instead of the usual 30". This allows them to place them back to back in the rack with a cooling column down the middle. Google makes their own servers this way I understand. Rackable also saves a lot of space and heat by taking power supply out of the chassis of the individual servers. By distributing redundant direct current (DC) power to each server—and replacing the standard AC power supply with a far more reliable and efficient DC power supply—approximately 20 to 40% of the thermal load is shifted outside the server to AC-to-DC rectifiers, which can easily be installed at the top of the cabinet or externally near an HVAC unit. As a result, server reliability is increased by as much as 27%, and monthly power costs are reduced by up to 30%. rackable.com Sam [FD: Long RACK, SUNW]

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