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Old 09-27-2011, 02:53 AM
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Default Clumped or spread out?

Do you have your servers all together on shelves or racks? How much space do you have between them? It seems like cooling would be easier if there was enough space between that they aren't heating each other.
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Old 09-27-2011, 11:32 AM
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