Abstract: Method of cooling computer equipment that includes pumping coolant into a passageway leading to computer equipment and distributing the coolant from the passageway to heat sinks. The method also includes iteratively adjusting a rate of cooling of electronic devices by the coolant directly or indirectly in dependence upon heat generated by the electronic devices. The method also includes monitoring the respective temperatures of the electronic devices or heat conductive material in thermal contact therewith. The method also includes iteratively calculating the average of the values that said temperatures have at a given time. The method also includes iteratively calculating a spread value indicative of the spread of said values and iteratively adjusting the rate of cooling of the electronic devices by the coolant in dependence upon the ratio of said spread value and a difference between said average and a predetermined maximum acceptable temperature.

Abstract: Method of cooling computer equipment, which equipment comprises a multiplicity of electronic devices with respective heat sinks. The method includes pumping coolant into a passageway leading to the computer equipment and distributing the coolant from the said passageway to the heat sinks. The method also includes iteratively adjusting the rate of cooling of the electronic devices by the coolant which is pumped into the said passageway directly or indirectly in dependence upon the heat generated by the electronic devices. The method also includes monitoring the respective temperatures of the electronic devices or heat conductive material in thermal contact therewith and iteratively adjusting the rate of cooling of the electronic devices by the coolant which is pumped into the said passageway directly or indirectly in dependence upon the said respective temperatures.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method operating on data at a server node of a data grid system with distributed cache. Data is copied to a network cloud of storage services remotely coupled to a server node with an asynchronous input output interface. The asynchronous input output interface is configured to asynchronously communicate with the network cloud of storage services. Confirmation that the data has been copied on the network cloud of storage services is received at the server node.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method operating on data at a server node of a data grid system with distributed cache is described. Data is copied to a network cloud of storage services remotely coupled to a server node with an asynchronous input output interface. The asynchronous input output interface is configured to asynchronously communicate with the network cloud of storage services. Confirmation that the data has been copied on the network cloud of storage services is received at the server node.

Abstract: A friction-actuated extrusion process comprising pickling the metal to be extruded before it is granulated and used as the in-feed for the process.