We have a bit of a different problem:  most of the new racks ship with 2 x 30Amp PDUs, and we need to convert a few of the older R200s with 4 x 20Amp to the 2 x 30Amp PDUs.  Last time we tried this, they seemed practically welded into place…

 

If you are considering getting the electricians to pull in the 220v, it might be best to get 30Amp circuits instead of the 20Amp circuits and convert to those – seems to be the wave of the future and would probably be easier for any systems you might replace the R200 with (FAS3070C for example) if you get new cabinets.

 

Glenn

 


From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of John Clear
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 1:57 PM
To: Holland, William L; toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: RE: 110v PDUs for NetApp Racks

 

You are probably better off having 220v power installed in the new facility.

 

You're going to have a hard time fitting all the 110v PDUs into the space

of the 220v PDUs since 20Amp @ 220v ~= 40Amp @ 110v.  You'll need

two 20Amp @ 110v PDUs for each 20Amp @ 220v PDU.

 

If you have eight 110v circuits for each rack, it is trivial for the electricians

to combine them into four 220V circuits.  I've had the electricians do this

many times in many data centers over the years.

 

John

 


From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] On Behalf Of Holland, William L
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 10:14 AM
To: toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: 110v PDUs for NetApp Racks

We have an R200 in a 42U NetApp rack with 4ea of the 0U, 220v, 16a PDUs.  In a few months we plan to relocate it to another facility, but they do not have 220v power available, only 110v.  Any ideas where we can find 110v PDUs to replace the NetApp 220v ones?  Ideally they would be the same physical size as the ones currently in the rack.  They have to be 0U as the rack is totally full.