[ale] Linux Cluster Server Room

[Bjorn Dittmer-Roche]

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004, Dow Hurst wrote:

> Thanks Jonathon!  That is exactly the kind of ballpark I needed!  I don't need
> the vendors right now as we are still kicking around ideas.  If anyone would
> throw some specs or ideas out there, I'd appreciate it.  Here is a quick
> question?  Is planning for double your planned load a good rule?  I would
> think that would be a good idea.  How about backup cooling if the main unit
> dies?  The firesafe is one I had not thought of.
> Dow

I have no direct experience in these matters, but I've worked with a lot
of people who managed this kind of thing and they always had trouble with
too little power and too little cooling. It seems you can never have
enough! If you don't have backup cooling you should have an automated
system in place for shutting down the cluster or at least paging you if
there's a problem.

You could also try asking the same questions on the Bioclusters mailing
list if you haven't already (especially since this is, in fact, for a
"biocluster" is it not?):

http://bioinformatics.org/lists/bioclusters


	bjorn