"Datacenter Infrastructure Innovation"
summary
Claims that power is the top cost are wrong: using a 5% amortization and zero residual shows fully burdened power is #2 while servers (54% of monthly cost) dominate today, distribution loss is ~11%, and average utilization sits at 10–15%. A market product named spot instance sells idle capacity into valleys and demonstrably flattens demand. Cooling fixes—hot‑aisle containment, higher inlet temps (ASHRAE to 81–90°F), exhausts >100°F and open the damn window economization—cut huge costs. Networking shifts via OpenFlow and commodity ASICs promise cheaper, flexible switching.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:07Agenda
- 4:53Where does the money go
- 7:02Its not the number one cost
- 8:19One more lesson
- 8:49Why we like data
- 9:18Spot Instance
- 10:33Valleys
- 12:00Server Efficiency
- 13:08Power Distribution
- 14:39Servers
- 15:58Power
- 17:17Cooling
- 19:09Conversions
- 19:39Air Leakage
- 25:08Networking
- 28:05Closing
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