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How oxide cuts data center power consumption in half

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195 points tosh | 5 comments | 21 Nov 24 18:12 UTC | HN request time: 1.166s | source
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LeoPanthera ◴[21 Nov 24 23:10 UTC] No.42209636[source]▶
I really wish Oxide had homelab/prosumer grade stuff. I'd be sending them so much money.
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1. VTimofeenko ◴[22 Nov 24 12:52 UTC] No.42213414[source]▶
A ~20U rack working off residential 15/20A would have been so cool.

Though given how it's designed for the datacenters, I'd expect the thing to be pretty darn loud.

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2. steveklabnik ◴[22 Nov 24 14:25 UTC] No.42214060[source]▶
> Though given how it's designed for the datacenters, I'd expect the thing to be pretty darn loud.

It's actually very much the opposite: the rack is very, very quiet. You can hear for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYcgPRIWf6I

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3. VTimofeenko ◴[22 Nov 24 14:34 UTC] No.42214135[source]▶
That is quiet, indeed! Have you done any decibel measurements by any chance? I wonder how loud it would be when compared to just ambient residential noise level.
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4. steveklabnik ◴[22 Nov 24 15:00 UTC] No.42214338{3}[source]▶
I don't remember off the top of my head.

It's quiet enough that one customer is putting one just straight-up on their office floor, rather than in a colo somewhere. I've stood next to one in our office (which is a big garage, no soundproofing, so sound otherwhere bounces around a lot) and had conversations easily.

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5. VTimofeenko ◴[22 Nov 24 15:14 UTC] No.42214450{4}[source]▶
Thanks for the info, it would definitely pass the WAF gate from that perspective :)