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Saladsamurai
Sep15-09, 02:12 PM
Hello there :smile:

I am doing a little research to try and find out what the most popular Brand/Models of servers are.

I tried searching things like "Top Ten Server Brands" and "Top Server Brands" but the results are coming back a little vague and I don't know much about the sources.

Does anyone know of any reliable sources where I might have better luck with this kind of search?

I will keep Googling, but if anyone has any ideas, please chime in.

Thanks :smile:
waht
Sep15-09, 02:22 PM
I'm not sure that there is that many server brands. The most popular brands are HP, IBM, Dell, Sun, and Apple. The rest is custom made.
Saladsamurai
Sep15-09, 02:31 PM
Interesting. Though there aren't that many brands, I believe there are many models.

I will be needing to lookup certain specifications of the 'best-selling' models.
waht
Sep15-09, 03:10 PM
I will be needing to lookup certain specifications of the 'best-selling' models.

The specifications of the server depends on the application it is used for such web server, storage, high availability, or a compute cluster. But for simple applications any general purpose server will do.
Greg Bernhardt
Sep15-09, 09:14 PM
What are you going to be using the server for?
Saladsamurai
Sep15-09, 09:39 PM
What are you going to be using the server for?

I am not :smile: I am interested in making a generalization about the relationship between the power of a server and its airflow.

But for the generalization to be meaningful and useful, it should be about servers that are used widely.

Thanks,
Casey
waht
Sep15-09, 11:40 PM
In general, more heat is dissipated with more CPU power, and competitive brands use same processors, and most 1U chassis have vents in front and back.
Greg Bernhardt
Sep15-09, 11:52 PM
I am not :smile: I am interested in making a generalization about the relationship between the power of a server and its airflow.


You might also want to compare rack vs blade servers.
Saladsamurai
Sep16-09, 08:14 AM
You might also want to compare rack vs blade servers.

Yes. It is going to be for Rack Servers only. The company I work for makes cooling solutions for Data Centers.

In our current mathematical mode we assume a conservative airflow X[cfm] per KW.

I beleive that by changing 'X' to something closer to what is actually being used, our model will see drastic improvements.

But, before I going changing 'X' to 'X_new' I need to know what's out there so that it is a reasonable change.

Ya' dig? :smile: