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Data Center Immersion Cooling. Chris Boyd – CTO Midas Green Technologies, LLC Midas Networks, Inc. Austin, Texas. SVLG Nov 2011. Who we are. Boutique web hosting and colocation shop Conceptualized in late 2001 to be “the Cogent of colo” Morphed into managed services
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Data Center Immersion Cooling Chris Boyd – CTO Midas Green Technologies, LLC Midas Networks, Inc. Austin, Texas clb@midasgreentech.com SVLG Nov 2011
Who we are • Boutique web hosting and colocation shop • Conceptualized in late 2001 to be “the Cogent of colo” • Morphed into managed services • MGT spun out in 2011 as separate company • Intensely local focus, but hard work pays off clb@midasgreentech.com SVLG Nov 2011
Our Services • Managed web hosting • Managed email hosting • Managed server hosting • Managed green VPS hosting • IaaS with hand holding • Managed PaaS • Looking at database, node.js, others • Adding flex/flash services clb@midasgreentech.com SVLG Nov 2011
Motivations Competition everywhere • Rackspace • 1&1 • Amazon • Google Local • HostGator, DataFoundry, HostWay, and more • Current and Ex Dell, Apple, Moto, Google, Polycom, Lucent, Spansion, AMD, Broadcom, Cisco, GenBand, ATT, IBM, NetSolv, Motion, Cypress, Freescale, Aspyr, SiLabs, SolarWinds, NetQos, EA, & etc., ad ∞ clb@midasgreentech.com SVLG Nov 2011
Nuts & Bolts The CarnotJet™ System Any OEM Server CarnotJet™ 42U Rack Heat Flow Vertically mounted OEM server 30° – 53° C Water Ethernet cable guides CarnotJet Pump module CarnotJet™ Rack Power cable guides Servers PDU Mount Liquid fill line clb@midasgreentech.com
Nuts & Bolts clb@midasgreentech.com SVLG Nov 2011
Nuts & Bolts • The SLED clb@midasgreentech.com SVLG Nov 2011
Nuts & Bolts • How do you work on a server? • If we did our job right, we shouldn’t have to touch it until we’re replacing it • Pull the server out, wait for it to drain • Keep a paper towel nearby • Cooling failure • GRC system is redundant • Tank heats in hours, not minutes clb@midasgreentech.com SVLG Nov 2011
Nuts & Bolts • Server Prep • Remove fans • Replace thermal paste with foil • Encapsulate boot disk (or use SSD) • Dunk it! clb@midasgreentech.com SVLG Nov 2011
$aving$ • 116 W for GRC system • 3 PE 1950s • 3 SLEDs • ToR switch • Effective PUE 1.12 • GRC is always telling me they can do better clb@midasgreentech.com SVLG Nov 2011
Questions A few minutes now, during the discussion, or afterwards. See the server dunking videos at http://www.midasgreentech.com/svlg/ clb@midasgreentech.com SVLG Nov 2011