AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing

Re:AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing by xani_ on Friday October 07, 2022 @07:03PM (#33128021)

No more or less chance that really anything else connected to power to catch on fire. Just make sure RCD works.

Hell, some weeks ago my oven decided the lower heater's line is now connected to ground and blows fuses...

Our 8 racks in DC only had single event of something blowing (power supply) and aside of smell and fuse blowing nothing really happened

Servers are essentially metal boxes with a bit of glass-reinforced epoxy and some plastic inside so there is limited amount of stuff that can burn. UPS is probably bigger problem

For example the OVH datacenter fire was more of "stuff around servers was flammable" (they had wooden ceilings for some reason...) rather than "just" servers.

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Re:AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing by absolutelynobo on Friday October 07, 2022 @08:35PM (#33128694)

Cool how you use the acronym RCD and don’t expand it anywhere. Or any of the other homelab acronyms you used!

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Re:AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing by tiagod on Saturday October 08, 2022 @12:44AM (#33129829)

RCD is not a homelab acronym, its a type of circuit breaker.

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Re:AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing by halper on Saturday October 08, 2022 @12:43PM (#33133804)

"Residual current device". It detects current leaking to ground; essentially it prevents you from killing someone by throwing a toaster into the bathtub.

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