[geeks] New Intel Atom-based barebones system

[jodys at helluin.org]

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 09:34:22AM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> At $WORK we just finished rebuilding our data center (6 full size Dell racks, with three relay racks and two Symmetra cabinets), and when we went to put the racks back in place (after re-running all the power lines), we were suprised to find that half our servers were running on 220V, not 110. Auto-switching PS worked out great, allowed us to save on PDU hardware, but it was a bit of a suprise.

Autoswitching is great. Cutting down on the density of PDUs/circuits is 
awesom in the DC. Rather than needing 6 120V/20a circuits/PDUs in a 
cabinet, you can get away with 2 208/30a circuits. This is a win from a 
cabling perspective, it also cuts down on under floor obstructions.

Jody