Comments on: A Practical Guide to the Early Days of Data Center Containers http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-practical-guide-to-the-early-days-of-data-center-containers/ Thoughts on Cloud Computing, Infrastructure at Scale, and Data Centers Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:20:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anonymous http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-practical-guide-to-the-early-days-of-data-center-containers/#comment-568 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:14:35 +0000 http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-practical-guide-to-the-early-days-of-data-center-containers/#comment-568 [...] [...]

]]> By: A Standard for Data Center Containers? | Nexus Technologies - IT Company providing Virtualisation Solutions, IT managed Services and IT Consultancy http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-practical-guide-to-the-early-days-of-data-center-containers/#comment-556 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:04:44 +0000 http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-practical-guide-to-the-early-days-of-data-center-containers/#comment-556 [...] is no set industry standards when it comes to data center containers,” Manos wrote in a recent blog post. “This means that each vendor might have their own approach on what goes in, and what stays out [...]

]]> By: mmanos http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-practical-guide-to-the-early-days-of-data-center-containers/#comment-545 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:50:03 +0000 http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-practical-guide-to-the-early-days-of-data-center-containers/#comment-545 Greg,

You are exactly right as far as the metal enclosure component of a data center container. The trick will be whether or not the change of use is significant enough for the IRS to either create a sub-class or another class entirely. Another option could be to keep the Container at 5 years and then individually depreciate the components inside. I guess my primary point here is that your Finance teams should definitely start looking at this as its bit trickier. As the container industry matures this should eventually be solved. Until then, make sure you have a bean-counter involved. (No offense of course :) )

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]]> By: Greg http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-practical-guide-to-the-early-days-of-data-center-containers/#comment-544 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:19:22 +0000 http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-practical-guide-to-the-early-days-of-data-center-containers/#comment-544 Clarification: Containers are listed by the IRS as asset claas 00.27, with a 5 year depreciation under MACRS. I am sure that many will have their own views on how their organization should handle depreciation, but the IRS has its opinion on the metal.

]]> By: Scott http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-practical-guide-to-the-early-days-of-data-center-containers/#comment-543 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:18:26 +0000 http://loosebolts.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/a-practical-guide-to-the-early-days-of-data-center-containers/#comment-543 Mike, You out did yourself. Great in-depth article on Containers. Extremly informative for me. Thanks

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