The original post: /r/datacenter by /u/BornW_OaBrain on 2024-09-18 03:54:31.

I am an electrician by trade and shifting my role into a data center / facility manager. What is the standard way to set up your racks? Is it typical to surpass the nameplate ratings on the servers and measure the kW based on the monitored usage?

For instance, the DC was designed for 5 kW per rack. There is currently 8 - 1600w servers in 1 rack. They are not power limited, only running one app each, and are running at ±250w each ~at peak.

I’m trained to go off of nameplate and I’m being told this is not best practice in data centers. What do the rest of you do?

Thank you for any input!