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Date:      Tue, 2 Dec 2014 06:08:12 -0500
From:      Alejandro Imass <aimass@yabarana.com>
To:        Perry Hutchison <perryh@pluto.rain.com>
Cc:        Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>, kudzu@tenebras.com, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: OT: UPS for FreeBSD
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On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 3:13 AM, Perry Hutchison <perryh@pluto.rain.com>
wrote:

> Alejandro Imass <aimass@yabarana.com> wrote:
>
> > ... at high power you would still need to employ high voltage to
> > decrease loss in the distribution, or you would need to employ
> > ridiculously large conductor bars to be able to distribute
> > low-voltage DC even in the most modest data center ...
>
> Oh, for Pete's sake!  What part of "integrate a UPS with the PSU"
> (
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2014-November/262603.html
> )
> is so hard to understand?
>
>
Note that I was NOT discussing the integration of the battery to the server
which essentially the design of a laptop. I was discussing using DC for
power distribution in general which currently is impractical.

Best,
-- 
Alejandro Imass



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