There are significant gaps in the racks, and ~16U are occupied by UPSs. The rest is a mix of fairly modern and legacy gear with a few external HDDs and a few 1U pieces of network gear. In a real datacenter, it would occupy perhaps 1.5 racks.
My arguments are backed by publicly-available evidence. Yours are backed by vague assertions by people who assuredly do not need you defending them. If they wish to convince anyone, they can release further evidence.
> My God, the audacity of OpenBSD developers, to ask for help powering this stuff!
Oh look, another strawman. Nobody believes requesting aid with an electric bill is unreasonable. It is the amount being requested that is shocking, and the extreme secrecy breeds suspicion.
Name them, link to the comments, and explain exactly what you mean by "by-the-watt power accounting", or you're just inventing strawmen.
> several racks of equipment
The extent of the evidence we have is that there are two racks: http://www.openbsd.org/images/rack2009.jpg
There are significant gaps in the racks, and ~16U are occupied by UPSs. The rest is a mix of fairly modern and legacy gear with a few external HDDs and a few 1U pieces of network gear. In a real datacenter, it would occupy perhaps 1.5 racks.
My arguments are backed by publicly-available evidence. Yours are backed by vague assertions by people who assuredly do not need you defending them. If they wish to convince anyone, they can release further evidence.
> My God, the audacity of OpenBSD developers, to ask for help powering this stuff!
Oh look, another strawman. Nobody believes requesting aid with an electric bill is unreasonable. It is the amount being requested that is shocking, and the extreme secrecy breeds suspicion.