29 Aug
2001
29 Aug
'01
10:38 p.m.
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Leo Bicknell wrote:
Ha! Clearly the largest of the new routers have huge space/power/heat issues.
Teraplex 20 in full configuration (19.2 Tbps switching capacity, 128 racks) consumes 0.8 megawatt, not counting A/C. Reminds me good ol' times when main Relcom POP in Moscow had an on-site nuclear reactor as a source of back-up electricity (well, it was located in the Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy :) --vadim