In my current role (and given my past) I often get asked about the concept of Data Center Containers by many looking at this unique technology application to see if its right for them. In many respects we are still in the early days of this technology approach and any answers one gives definitely has [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Opinion Polls and the End of Times
Posted in Cloud Computing, Cloud Services, container data center, Data Center Industry, Data Center Technologies, Michael Manos, tagged Apple, Data Center Industry, dream team, Olivier Sanche, poll, Web Hosting Industry Review on October 9, 2009 | 14 Comments »
I recently had an interesting e-mail exchange with Olivier Sanche the chief DC architect at Apple. As you probably know this is a very small industry and Olivier and I have enjoyed a long professional working relationship. He remarked that we are approaching the end of times, as we were both nominated for a Data [...]
Data Center Junk Science: Thermal Shock \ Cooling Shock
Posted in Chiller Side Chats, Data Center Capacity Planning, Data Center Contracts, Data Center Industry, Data Center Metrics, Data Center Processes, Data Center Technologies, tagged ASHRAE, Cooling Shock, Data Center Contracts, Data Center Junk Science, Thermal Shock on October 1, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I recently performed an interesting exercise where I reviewed typical co-location/hosting/ data center contracts from a variety of firms around the world. If you ever have a few long plane rides to take and would like an incredible amount of boring legalese documents to review, I still wouldn’t recommend it. I did learn quite [...]
