Entering the Torch Building, the first floor is actually a lobby like other buildings, but in the middle is the elevator for the entire building, which is also the largest single elevator in Anxi. This elevator can carry ten tons of weight, twice that of a general freight elevator. The elevator is also very huge, almost six or seven times the size of an ordinary elevator, and can accommodate thirty or forty people. Of course, the main purpose of building such a large elevator is to transport goods, some of which are larger and heavier equipment.
The elevator is not closed around, but is in a semi-open position. Inside the elevator, through the strip-shaped floor-to-ceiling windows, everyone can see the situation on each floor.
After staying in the lobby for a while, everyone took the huge elevator to the fourteenth floor. This is an ordinary floor in the building and a floor where many servers are placed.
The main reason why I came here is that there is a technical team working here.
Coming out of the elevator, there is a "back" shaped corridor surrounding the elevator, surrounded by a space blocked by tempered glass. This kind of tempered glass treated with special technology is not only strong, but also sound and heat insulating, fireproof and anti-theft.
There is also an invisible metal mesh in the glass. Once the glass is damaged by external force, the system will accurately position it.
The security system will also be activated accordingly, and the intelligent security robot can arrive in the shortest possible time. The security personnel will also arrive here within five minutes to deal with it.
Through these large floor-to-ceiling glass, everyone can also see the situation inside. There are many facilities like shelves placed inside, and various neat pipelines are arranged on each shelf.
Seeing Wu Hao and the others coming, these technicians greeted them one after another.
One of the young people came up to him and said in surprise: "Mr. Wu, why are you here?"
Haha, I heard that your place is making good progress, so a few of us came over to take a look. Why, aren't we welcome? Wu Hao joked at the young man in front of him.
This young man is called Ma Tao. Like Du Yonghui and Lin Jiaming before him, he is also a talent that the cluster control valve secretly scolds.
They were the first batch of people to join the company, but Ma Tao was mainly responsible for interactive research on information data, which was not in the same direction as the previous two.
So Wu Hao asked him to be responsible for the construction of the server cluster in the Torch Building of Linghu's new headquarters. He mainly used the new architecture in their cluster control technology to build the server cluster.
Welcome, it’s too late for me to be happy that you’re here, how can I not welcome you. Ma Tao immediately ushered everyone in, and then quickly took out a few bottles of water from the nearby carton and handed them to them.
"Mr. Wu, this is a construction site, so the conditions are relatively poor. There is nothing to entertain you. Please drink water first."
Wu Hao looked at the bottled water in his hand, smiled and said: "Can you understand the construction site? Besides, aren't you the same? We are just experiencing it."
Ma Tao smiled, and then introduced to Wu Hao and the others: "We are currently installing and debugging the sector server unit in the south area of the 14th floor.
Each layer is divided into four sector areas, southeast, northwest, and each area is divided into several units, arranged in uppercase letters. Each unit is divided into several server units.
These servers together form a huge server cluster network system, which after activation will mainly support the exchange, transmission and processing of all data in our company. "
With that said, Ma Tao led everyone to a server unit and introduced: "This is our blade server chassis, which contains many server modules. Each of these server modules can be taken out and replaced separately, which is very convenient and convenient for maintenance.
These server modules are designed by us and manufactured by multiple companies. The server chassis is also specially customized by us.
Each chassis is connected to the water cooling system of our building. Please see, these pipeline modules here are its water cooling system, and they also adopt a modular design to facilitate later maintenance and replacement.
These pipelines are like capillaries in a building and are spread throughout the server. They can take away more than 80% of the heat generated when the server is running, so that the server is always at a suitable temperature. "
"How fast it cools, it's almost comparable to our water-cooled air conditioners or refrigerators."
After hearing Ma Tao's introduction, Zou Xiaodong couldn't help but ask what if there were so many pipelines leaked, would it affect the server?
Ma Tao smiled and shook his head: "No, our server modules have all been drained, and a large number of sensors are arranged in these pipelines.
Once a leak occurs, the sensor in the pipeline will monitor the change in water pressure in the pipeline in the relevant area, so the pipeline valve in this area will be immediately closed and the server will be allowed to run. At this time, a specialized intelligent robot will come over for maintenance.
After the intelligent robot is repaired, the valve will be reopened and these servers will continue to operate.
If the intelligent robot cannot troubleshoot the problem, it will report it to the control center, which will arrange for specialized technicians to perform manual repairs.
In addition to the sensors in these pipelines, we have also placed numerous sensors inside the server and in the room. Once water or fire is detected, an alarm will be issued and emergency treatment will also be carried out.
In addition, we have also installed an emergency drainage system, so that even if the main pipe breaks, this emergency drainage system can drain the water in the shortest time and avoid the spread of water.
Secondly, the system will also seal off the relevant areas to avoid the spread of water and fire, which is why we chose this special tempered glass. "
After hearing Ma Tao's introduction, everyone couldn't help but nodded.
Tong Juan, who followed for the first time, focused on energy consumption. He asked Ma Tao: "To maintain the operation of such a complex system, the energy consumption must be very high, right?" .”
Ma Tao smiled and said: "Actually, energy consumption is also an issue we considered at the beginning of the design. Although it cannot be said that the energy consumption is lower than those of the famous server centers, it has reached a very good level.
In fact, the biggest energy consumption of this water circulation cooling system is the large water pump placed at the bottom of the building. It needs to pump the water to the top of the building, and then relies on the water's own flow direction to slowly flow downstairs. So in summary, it is still Very energy efficient.
The largest energy consumption is caused by server operation, which is inevitable for everyone. "
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