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| Thread ID: 122037 | 2011-11-27 00:58:00 | Home Heating with Computer Servers | kahawai chaser (3545) | PC World Chat |
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| 1245767 | 2011-11-27 00:58:00 | If you work with large servers, maybe convince your employer to use them as home heaters. Interesting research from Microsoft and Virginia University (www.nytimes.com) to use data centers at home as furnaces. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1245768 | 2011-11-27 01:46:00 | A lot of risk involved with having them "off site" perhaps underneath a hotel or in the businesses own premises would be a better idea since then its a bit easier to apply security measures | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1245769 | 2011-11-27 02:13:00 | Yes security would be an issue if offsite housing, but then maybe Microsoft has employee cluster housing around or near their premises to help prevent/retain data security within their physical boundaries. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1245770 | 2011-11-27 02:45:00 | Even one desktop computer can make a nice difference in my bedroom, if the weather isn't too cold. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1245771 | 2011-11-27 03:48:00 | Ohhh.. I like it.... Server farms coupled to tomato greenhouses!!! | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1245772 | 2011-11-27 04:25:00 | :lol: I heard that they do something similar in oz. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1245773 | 2011-11-27 06:16:00 | Really? | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1245774 | 2011-11-27 07:02:00 | Yeah they ran something about it in PCPP. I''l try to find the article online. | icow (15313) | ||
| 1245775 | 2011-11-27 19:15:00 | Really? Yup. There was a guy (not sure if we are talking about the same story, icow) where during the foundation laying process, he placed some heating coils through the base. The heating coils led to one particular point of the house which would eventually be connected to the heat outlet of his computers. I think he posted a few pictures of what he did on an OZ forum. Cheers :) |
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| 1245776 | 2011-11-28 04:13:00 | DIY forum (www.diychatroom.com) with diagram for home use server heating. IBM started a project for heating up a Tech in Zurich (www.zurich.ibm.com) mid 2009, and a Finland IT company did similar for a old bomb shelter. (www.guardian.co.uk) | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
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