[LEAPSECS] Leapseconds, more evidence

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <EEEBEA0E-71CF-490D-98E5-3D01AB131853 at noao.edu>, Rob Seaman writes:


>Interesting.  A few questions spring to mind.  Let me preface them

>by stating that this is far from my area of expertise and I'd be

>delighted to be educated here.


The original source may be this:

	https://plus.google.com/117024231055768477646/posts/2pkWbDiEDQG



>1) What are the units on the y-axis?


Watt.


>4) The upward jump is very rapid.  Hard to tell from the scale,

>but it appears to be a facility-wide 15% jump in, say, one minute

>or less.  Is this supportable by the power infrastructure onsite

>or on the local grid (assuming it is on the grid)?  Is the plot

>smoothed in any way?


It's only 135 kW, not really a big deal for a data-center, much
less of a deal for the power-grid.


>I don't suppose this particular datacenter is used by Amadeus?  :-)


Well, Kristian Köhntopp works for booking.com...

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