It was a relative comparison, and it's off the shelf network gear. -Callahan
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Seth Mattinen <se...@rollernet.us> wrote: > On 9/30/11 3:41 PM, Michael Painter wrote: >> Steven G. Huter wrote: >>> this August 2011 article in the Economist outlines some relevant info >>> about the prineville, oregon FB datacenter. >>> >>> http://www.economist.com/node/21525237 >>> >>> steve >> >> Informative article..."It's the climate, stupid". >> >> Got a laugh out of: >> "The server racks are nearly silent, and their internal fans whirr >> almost imperceptibly. >> The only exceptions are network switches which, Facebook staff notes, >> are perversely designed by even the biggest firms to vent air out of >> their sides. As a result, they run loud and hot-and are openly sworn at." >> > > > Which says to me that FB staff has no clue how chassis switches are > constructed, or they don't like switches with vertically oriented line > cards. > > ~Seth > >
