On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 08:03:28AM -0600, Gerry Creager wrote: > And, > in the only reasonable space I can build out to expand into, power's $90K > and cooling another $100K to expand, allowing an additional 20 racks.
Uh, I'm missing how this is a big problem... $200k or $300k of capital costs to get 20 more racks. Let's assume that you unfairly have to pay the whole capital cost up front. How much does the equipment to fill those racks cost? A lot more than $200k, unless you have a really low power density, or are buying nodes with small ram, no high speed network, etc. So it's annoying, but not a show-stopper. If you had to build a new building or addition, yeah, that would really hurt. This is the fundamental problem that low power startups face. They have a huge advantage when the machineroom is of a fixed capacity, or if capital costs aren't accounted for properly. They have a modest advantage for organizations that can capitalize things. The first market isn't big enough, and the big market in which they only have a modest advantage won't pay enough of a premium. Game over. -- greg _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
