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A Closer Look at the Network.com T-SCIF

Posted By Rich Miller On August 11, 2008 @ 12:10 pm In Data Center Videos | Comments Disabled

How does Switch Communications cool high-density server installations of up to 1,500 watts per square foot using just air cooling? The key is a heat containment system known as Thermal Separate Compartment in Facility (TSCIF) [1]. In this video, we take a closer look at the T-SCIF design and Switch CEO Rob Roy gives a tour of the hot aisle of a T-SCIF housing Sun Microsystems’ Network.com utility computing platform. This video runs about 4 minutes, 30 seconds.

For more news about the SuperNAP, visit our Switch Communications channel [2]. For additional video, check out our DCK video archive [3] and the Data Center Videos [4] channel on YouTube.

About Rich Miller [5]

Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.

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[1] Thermal Separate Compartment in Facility (TSCIF): http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/May/27/1500_watts_a_square_foot_a_look_at_tscif.html

[2] Switch Communications channel: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/ibm-index.html

[3] DCK video archive: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/data_center_videos-index.html

[4] Data Center Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/DataCenterVideos

[5] Rich Miller: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/author/richm/

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