tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768233104244702633.post5502983661631528636..comments2023-11-16T03:16:54.746-08:00Comments on The Scale-Out Blog: The Future of Database ClusteringRobert Hodgeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05379726998057344092noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768233104244702633.post-82290961832130666702009-09-09T14:43:42.403-07:002009-09-09T14:43:42.403-07:00Excellent point. In fact, that's why utilizat...Excellent point. In fact, that's why utilization analyses needs to take into consideration complete operational costs, as under-availability of power would result in under-utilization of other resources, hence raising costs.Robert Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379726998057344092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768233104244702633.post-90188486595870388812009-09-09T11:52:16.392-07:002009-09-09T11:52:16.392-07:00The bigger point on power should not be the cost o...The bigger point on power should not be the cost on your electric bill. Rather most of these machines are in 3rd party data centers where the power available is the gating factor. If you go to most any data center and look around you will typically see racks that are half full. This is because they have already consumed the maximum power available. <br /><br />My point being the dollars on your electric bill are not nearly the whole story, you must include the cost of your data center space including the wasted space as you increase the power density.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08825518953954347632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768233104244702633.post-80708812689189377832009-09-02T05:57:35.759-07:002009-09-02T05:57:35.759-07:00@Ants,
Thanks for the correction. You are exact...@Ants, <br /><br />Thanks for the correction. You are exactly right and I just found where the extra zero came from! I will adjust the post.Robert Hodgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379726998057344092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768233104244702633.post-30146328507535309832009-09-02T00:18:54.864-07:002009-09-02T00:18:54.864-07:00Just wanted to call you on the power-consumption t...Just wanted to call you on the power-consumption thing, your calculations are off by an order of magnitude. 100W is 876kWh/year. That will not result in $1000 power costs in 10 months, but rather in 100 months.<br /><br />I don't argue with the principle, dual processor servers consume something more like 250W, and in hot climates and non-green datacenters you can easily multiply that by two to account for A/C and UPS overhead. That will get you to $1000 in 20 months.Ants Aasmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11737116288329565280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-768233104244702633.post-32484539614994850722009-09-01T19:15:02.160-07:002009-09-01T19:15:02.160-07:00If you're interested, I've been running a ...If you're interested, I've been running a blog recently devoted to SSD and BCNF.Robert Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09056808374481236610noreply@blogger.com