[asterisk-biz] Colocated Asterisk Server

[Steve Totaro]

While it is probably grossly outdated already, I have a box running a couple
of Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2212 HE which eats 68 watts each, the
non-HE counterpart eats 95 watts per chip.

http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps1q08-20080179-CoverStory.pdf
http://www.csrwire.com/News/8098.html energy smart model.
http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/pe2970ESDC_SPECfp0907.pdf

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On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 1:44 AM, John van Oppen <john at vanoppen.com> wrote:

> You guys are forgetting that 2 amps in the US is equal to 1 amp in the EU
> since the standard delivery voltage is higher in the EU.    We might want to
> discuss this in watts to avoid the confusion.
>
> I know of lots of colos here in the US who would charge per amp for a
> single box, who in their right mind would pay for a 20 amp circuit to a
> single box?   Entire circuits are the norm on both continents for cabinets.
>
>
> John van Oppen
> Spectrum Networks LLC
> 206.973.8302 (Direct)
> 206.973.8300 (main office)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:
> asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Igor Hernandez
> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 11:24 AM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Colocated Asterisk Server
>
> Ouch. The operational cost of voip providers in Europe must be pretty
> high compared to ours.
>
> Is it like that everywhere in Europe or just the UK?
>
> Chris Bagnall wrote:
> >> Well, that's not necessarily true.  Yes, of course you're going to add
> >> some latency, but it doesn't have to be too much.  It all depends on how
> >> the US data center is peered.  If it's peered with primarily Tier 1
> >> backbones that privately haul trans-Atlantic traffic and go back to
> >> LINX, Redbus, etc. in London, you're pretty well off.
> >
> > I was thinking specifically of the scenario where one might have PSTN
> termination in the UK, customers in the UK, but phone servers in the US.
> You'd have the latency of the customer's (usually *DSL) connection to the
> US, then the (hopefully much lower) latency back to the PSTN provider in the
> UK. I doubt you'd be able to do it under 100ms end-to-end.
> >
> > As you rightly point out, if you can sidestep handling media, the
> situation would be much improved.
> >
> >> I believe we're paying around $5/amp here in the US. Which is not
> >> unreasonable I think.
> >
> > To give you an idea how different it is over here, Telehouse Europe
> charge £32 + VAT per amp over the inclusive power allowance (for Telehouse
> East, Docklands, anyway). I think most of that goes not on providing the
> extra power - that's easy - but on the extra cooling the increased power
> consumption requires.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
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