Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

Register Log in
  • Congratulations Mike Lewis on being selected by the Tek-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Power Question

Status
Not open for further replies.
bulkmail

bulkmail

MIS
Jun 11, 2002
345
0
0
US
Can anyone tell me what how to determine how many servers a circuit can handle? I have one 220 20 watt circuit and need to know approximately how many servers it can handle.

I don't know anything about power.

Thanks,

BM
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
I think i found out. I am going to assume 2.5a for each server or just 5a. So i figure if i stay below 5 servers per circiut i should be good.

Thanks,

bm
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must also take in account that on bootup the servers take more power. If each computer is brough up one by one then maybe the circuit would hold it however, in the case where power returns after a power failure and all the computers bootup at the same time, then that might trip the breaker. Same situation even if you are on UPSes, they will all start recharging the batteries at the same time...
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

brk1221
  • Locked
  • Question
Auto detecting power source
Replies
1
Views
177
rclarke250
rclarke250
Stuelpnagel
  • Locked
  • Question
Eaton 9130 tower/1500, there are some questions...
Replies
0
Views
161
Stuelpnagel
Stuelpnagel
alose
  • Locked
  • Question
Power protection question
Replies
8
Views
223
FredWagner
FredWagner
adbs
  • Locked
  • Question
APC Power Chute Help
Replies
1
Views
178
cajuntank
cajuntank
meganame
  • Locked
  • Question
Remotely managed UPS to clean power?
Replies
9
Views
227
FredWagner
FredWagner

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor

Back
Top