Towards the Glacial Obsolescence of Raised Floor in Large Data Centers
January 30th, 2007
In 2003, APC published a well written white paper challenging the suitability of raised floor for the data center. Has raised floor diminished in use in the intervening time period? I haven’t found hard evidence either way. Anecdotally, I’d have to say any progress in this area is measured using a glacial scale.
Raised floor isn’t dead yet and doesn’t even appear to be wounded. When standards appear for bringing chilled water back to the data center, there may yet be another use for raised floor afterall.
