Peter Judge, over at green data center news, has a provocative piece alleging that some hardware manufacturers (specifically server manufacturers) are holding back on providing data showing the safe operation under the higher temperature allowances from ASHRAE. He claims that this supposed reluctance to release information is slowing the greening of the data center.
I suggest he has unreasonable expectations for these hardware manufacturers that must, in the end, answer to their customers' requirements for reliability first. I see no benefit to the manufacturer to hold back on data other than it being incomplete. He claims that it is out of a desire for secrecy and competitive benefit, but I see no such benefit. Indeed, it would seem that, as he claims, Dell should have the benefit by releasing data showing the capability of withstanding high heat conditions. Furthermore, what secret is being kept. All one has to do is open the box to see the electronic and mechanical design.
The data center has always been a world of conservative claims and will continue to be for some time as the requirement for reliability and up-time are still tops for most applications and businesses. Until that changes, I think we should expect that hardware manufacturers will continue to answer the customers' expectations by playing it safe.
But, then again, I could be wrong. What do you think?...
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Posted by: Biju | December 09, 2011 at 04:17 AM