That’s only good enough to give the machines time to come to a safe halted state. For however long it takes to repair the chillers, that facility is a credit on the accounting ledger.
yeah you sounded like you knew what you were talking about that confusion is mine and mine alone thank you for taking the time to respond and educate me
The water supply too though no? If the water main failed, I imagine they would be able to shut down their systems without damage but not use them much, they typically carry their own pond of water for emergencies as such I believe.
The biggest weakness to data centers are the chillers.
Next up are the transformers.
Not a weaknesses when overheat protection exists
That’s only good enough to give the machines time to come to a safe halted state. For however long it takes to repair the chillers, that facility is a credit on the accounting ledger.
do you mean debit?
Accounting language is different.
A debit is incoming while credit is an increase of liability.
Think of the big picture of a credit card. The card backer (bank/credit union) is paying the vendor cash equivalent while crediting you with debt.
yeah you sounded like you knew what you were talking about that confusion is mine and mine alone thank you for taking the time to respond and educate me
The water supply too though no? If the water main failed, I imagine they would be able to shut down their systems without damage but not use them much, they typically carry their own pond of water for emergencies as such I believe.
All the datacenters I have been in have sufficiently sized cisterns that they can hold out for water to be trucked to them.