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by glitchcrab 578 days ago
It's highly dependent on the individual server model and quite often how you spec it too. Most 1U Dell machines I worked with in the past only had a single slot for a PSU, whereas the beefier 2U (and above) machines generally came with 2 PSUs.
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But 2 PSUs plugged into the same AC supply still have a single point of failure.
Which is why you have two separate PDUs in the rack which are fed by different power feeds and you connect the server's 2 PSUs to opposing PDUs.
This works brilliantly, right up to the point where your A side fails, and every single server suddenly doubles their demand on B.

Better have good capacity management so you don't go over 100% on B when that happens! (I've seen it happen and take a DC out).