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Title:TurboLaser Notesfile - AlphaServer 8200 and 8400 systems
Notice:Welcome to WONDER::TURBOLASER in it's new homeshortly
Moderator:LANDO::DROBNER
Created:Tue Dec 20 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1218
Total number of notes:4645

1121.0. "Power Consumption - Heat Dissapation" by JOBURG::HARRIS () Mon Mar 03 1997 12:17

    Further to note 603.0
    
    Power and Heat Dissapation.
    
    I need help on the power consumption of several options. 
    My customer will be receiving 8 x AS8400, I have calculated the EPU's
    but this only tells me how many P/S's are needed.
    
    "The SOC (& everything else I checked is only partially helpful; 
     not definitive"
    Ditto
    
    I have been asked to Provide the Power consumption and heat dissapation
    for these systems with their Storageworks cabs. 
    
    Any help on the above will be greatly appreciated. 
    
    Regards Ivan Harris
    
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1121.1Use this method to calculate Btu's from the EPU value on 8400'sLANDO::DROBNERTurboLaser Engineering - 8200/8400Wed Mar 05 1997 12:2420
    Interesting - back on the VAX/Alpha 7000 days I put into the SOC
    article a method to calculate the Btu's from the "EPU" value.  Looking
    at our current 8400 SOC article and I see that method is not mentioned
    under the "System Specifications section" at the end of the article.
    
    This method is valid on both the 7000 and 8400 style cabinets as these
    cabinets use the same power sub-system.
    
    "The power system provides unity power factor which allows full
    utilization of the input line current (watts = VA).  Approximate Btu's
    for a given system configuration can be calculated by multiplying the
    "EPU" value per cabinet by 85.4."
    
    This should help your calculation.  Also the 8400 SOC article system
    specfications section list three different type of loaded configurations
    with the power and Btu's used.  The 3 configs listed are detailed in the
    notes at the bottom of the page.
    
    /Howard
1121.2JOBURG::HARRISMon Mar 24 1997 13:512
    Wonderful!