[c-nsp] ASR9001 Vs ASR1006

[James Bensley]

On 14 May 2016 at 20:48, Tom Hill <tom at ninjabadger.net> wrote:
> On 14/05/16 20:30, James Ventre wrote:
>> I've been down this road with other boxes (3750E/2811/6500), it's just
>> too much of a headache.
>>
>> Depending on the rack and it's elevation in the rack, they often sit
>> right on the threshold.  The system temp of a 2811, mid rack, is 40C
>> (fan speed is high) - which is right on the threshold.  A 3750E
>> ,
>> mid-rack, is only 1C away from the Yellow threshold.
>>   The 6500 is at the bottom of the rack, and it's OK for now, but the
>> inlet temperature is 39C.
>>
>
> These are all wildly dissimilar products to a 9001.
>
>  - The 3750E/2811 are 1U, with tiny fans as a result
>  - The 6500 is a gigantic lump of power consumption
>
> For the avoidance of doubt, I have three 9001s, all of which are
> installed without baffles, and in a variety of UK data centres.
>
> The temperatures are all fine, there aren't any alarms (historical or
> otherwise). Some data centres have their cold aisle setpoints lower than
> others, and some racks are less useful than others (eg. quarter racks)

Same here, we have loads of them in all different DCs with different
temps in the hot and cold isles, different rack densities etc. They
are all fine.

Cheers,
James.