• Top 5 Data Center Stories: Week of July 31st

    Updated: 2011-07-31 01:00:47
    : Home Featured Top 5 Data Center Stories : Week of July 31st Top 5 Data Center Stories : Week of July 31st July 31st , 2011 Rich Miller A look at the new Facebook data center in Prineville , Oregon , which will soon be adding a second building . Photo credit : Chuck Goolsbee , Facebook For your weekend reading , here’s a recap of five noteworthy stories that appeared on Data Center Knowledge this past : week Facebook Building 2nd Data Center in Oregon Facebook will build a second huge data center on its campus in Prineville , Oregon , the company confirmed tonight . The company will begin construction in October on a facility similar to its existing 300,000 square foot data center , Facebook Data Center Manager Ken Patchett announced at a Prineville City Council meeting Tuesday . night

  • Facebook updates Open Compute Project for the community, launches new look

    Updated: 2011-07-30 17:02:14
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  • Facebook moves a Data Center Elephant, Dozens of Petabytes migrate to Prineville

    Updated: 2011-07-30 16:52:43
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  • RAW vs. JPG, 25% images are now RAW

    Updated: 2011-07-29 21:21:31
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  • Thinking air-side economizer use, consider Seattle has had only 351 minutes of over 80 degrees this summer

    Updated: 2011-07-29 21:08:03
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  • Roundup: nlyte, Corelink, Fusion-io, Oracle

    Updated: 2011-07-29 20:49:52
    : , , , Home Bay Area Roundup : nlyte , Corelink , Fusion-io , Oracle Roundup : nlyte , Corelink , Fusion-io , Oracle July 29th , 2011 John Rath Here’s a roundup of some of this week’s headlines from the data center and hosting : industry nlyte selected by Computacenter nlyte Software announced that IT infrastructure services provider Computacenter has extended the use of nlyte Software’s DCIM suite to support its new C3 cloud initiative , which offers organisations the ability to adopt the cloud using an optimal blend of onsite and offsite IT delivery models . After an extensive product comparison Computacenter chose nlyte due to its ease of use , ease of deployment , and ease of integration with existing applications , as well as its impactful visual representation and flexibility . The

  • Nebula launches Hardware Appliance to run the cloud, but will users want the HW or SW?

    Updated: 2011-07-29 16:16:09
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  • Fundamental Truths of Enterprise Cloud Strategy

    Updated: 2011-07-29 14:52:00
    Home Industry Perspectives Fundamental Truths of Enterprise Cloud Strategy Highlighting thought leadership in the data center Fundamental Truths of Enterprise Cloud Strategy July 29th , 2011 Industry Perspectives Bob Deutsche joined Intel in 2004 and has more than 25 years of business and IT experience in positions that ranged from data center operations to software development to CIO . He can be found online at Bob Deutsche on the Intel Server Room BOB DEUTSCHE Intel First , sincere thanks to the folks who responded to my last post Cloud Lessons and Le Mans Racing either directly on Data Center Knowledge or via my LinkedIn account It’s a genuinely rewarding feeling when you become aware that others value your ideas and opinions . I’ll try to continue to earn your interest as we talk more

  • It’s SysAdmin Appreciation Day!

    Updated: 2011-07-29 14:21:41
    Home DCK It’s SysAdmin Appreciation Day It’s SysAdmin Appreciation Day July 29th , 2011 Rich Miller Did you remember the cake for your sysadmin Source : SysAdminDay.com It’s the last Friday in July , which means it’s System Administrator Appreciation Day Here’s an overview from the SysAdminDay.com web site : Let’s face it , System Administrators get no respect 364 days a year . This is the day that all fellow System Administrators across the globe , will be showered with expensive sports cars and large piles of cash in appreciation of their diligent work . But seriously , we are asking for a nice token gift and some public acknowledgement . It’s the least you could do . 8221 To get into the spirit of things , start your day by checking out Advice to employees on the proper use of the

  • MapR, 1/2 the HW and faster performance for Apache Hadoop

    Updated: 2011-07-29 04:10:30
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  • Data Center Jobs: Digital Edge

    Updated: 2011-07-29 01:46:10
    : Home Data Center Jobs Data Center Jobs : Digital Edge Data Center Jobs : Digital Edge July 29th , 2011 Colleen Miller At the Data Center Jobs Board we have a new job listing from Digital Edge which is seeking a Data Center System Administrator in Staten Island , . NY The Data Center System Administrator will be responsible for performing complex problem-solving , determine and resolve systems issues ranging from network and security to operating system and platform configuration , collaborating with other engineers and technology specialists on system design and implementations , and working with various data center teams to implement networking and other infrastructure related changes . To view full details and apply , see job listing details Are you hiring for your data center You can

  • Downtime: Hostway, Telecity

    Updated: 2011-07-28 22:22:41
    : , Home Uncategorized Downtime : Hostway , Telecity Downtime : Hostway , Telecity July 28th , 2011 Rich Miller There have been several data center outages this week that have led to downtime for hosting services and web sites . Here’s a quick : roundup Hostway said that its Austin , Texas data center experienced a power outage at about 10:30 am Central time on Thursday . The company said the outage was tied to the electrical lines feeding the network room where downed servers are located . 8221 Generator power was brought online and within 90 minutes Hostway reported that servers were coming back online . And yes , we’re aware that the outage came shortly after Data Center Knowledge posted an Industry Perspectives column by Hostway founder Lucas Roh on the topic Outages in the Cloud : A

  • Dell Modular Data Center Powering Bing Maps

    Updated: 2011-07-28 21:40:52
    Home Containers Dell Modular Data Center Powering Bing Maps Dell Modular Data Center Powering Bing Maps July 28th , 2011 Rich Miller Dell and Microsoft have developed a modular data center to server as a dedicated imagery processing site for Bing Maps , located on the grounds of a Microsoft facility in Boulder , Colorado . The data center module will support Streetside , Bird’s Eye , aerial and satellite image types provided by Bing Maps . High-speed Infiniband networking technology from Mellanox is key to the . operation Our goal was to push technological boundaries , to build a cost effective and efficient microsite , said Brad Clark , Group Program Manager , Bing Maps Imagery Technologies BITs Microsoft Corp . We ended-up with a no-frills high-performance microsite to deliver

  • HP Supports OpenStack; Nebula Launches

    Updated: 2011-07-28 20:10:16
    Home Cloud Computing HP Supports OpenStack Nebula Launches The Cloud Computing Channel is brought to you by ZT Systems HP Supports OpenStack Nebula Launches July 28th , 2011 Colleen Miller OpenStack an open source cloud computing infrastructure project which grew out of a collaboration of Rackspace and NASA , keeps gaining momentum , with two more announcements at this week’s OSCON conference . Today , OpenStack has participation from more than 90 organizations with 1200 . participants New Company Launched Founded by former NASA CTO Chris Kemp , a company named Nebula launched this week . Nebula plans to leverage OpenStack platform and assist business in deploying large private cloud computing infrastructures . In addition to supporting commodity servers from today’s enterprise vendors ,

  • It is funny to think about the reality of a lights out data center, Dilbert Cartoon as an example

    Updated: 2011-07-28 18:09:18
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  • How important is AWS to Jeff Bezos if it listed last in the highlights of a quarterly financial results?

    Updated: 2011-07-27 02:04:23
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  • One way to look at Green Data Center Start-ups are they founded by engineers and scientists or VCs

    Updated: 2011-07-26 15:13:05
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  • Dell announces availability of OpenStack solution; Open sources “Crowbar” software framework

    Updated: 2011-07-26 14:00:29
    Today at OSCON we are announcing the availability of the Dell OpenStack Cloud Solution along with the open sourcing of the code behind our Crowbar software framework. The Solution Dell has been a part of the OpenStack community since day one a little over a year ago and today’s news represents the first available cloud [...]

  • Server Secret is getting out, on-chip Networking is more efficient, Facebook publishes Tilera 3X performance per watt vs. Xeon

    Updated: 2011-07-26 06:58:03
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  • New Data Center Power Sources

    Updated: 2011-07-25 15:05:00
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  • OpenStack Celebrates It’s 1 Year Anniversary

    Updated: 2011-07-21 22:50:35
    It is truly amazing that it has just been one year since we at Rackspace, along with NASA and 25 other organizations, officially announced the launch of OpenStack. From day one we have been shocked by the interest, engagement and momentum of the community launched to build the de facto open standard cloud operating system. [...]

  • [INFOGRAPHIC] Data Storage 101

    Updated: 2011-07-20 17:06:42
    According to Gartner in 2010, 47% of enterprise survey respondents ranked data growth in their top three challenges. The steady growth in the pace of file creation and systems to save all of those files shows no hint of a slowdown. In 1986, only 1% of data was stored digitally. In 2007, it was 94%. [...]

  • Thin Clients, The Cloud, and Security

    Updated: 2011-07-20 14:40:00
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  • The Two Biggest Security Risks

    Updated: 2011-07-18 14:50:00
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  • Plug and Play Tech Center – Start up Accelerator and a lot more

    Updated: 2011-07-18 05:16:09
    The day after I attended the Hadoop Summit I paid a visit to Candace Denton and the Plug and Play Tech Center in Sunnyvale.   Plug and Play, which occupies the space that once housed Phillips Semiconductor, describes itself as a community of over 300 technology startup companies in the areas of Web 2.0, mobile, digital [...]

  • Dell opens Customer Solutions Center in Austin

    Updated: 2011-07-14 22:14:12
    Back in April, Dell announced that it was making a billion dollar investment to further drive its evolution from a systems to a services company.  Specifically we talked about delivering a raft of new solutions, launching 10 cloud data centers around the world and building out a global network of solutions centers. The solution centers [...]

  • Rackspace has always been “One of the Good Guys”

    Updated: 2011-07-13 23:04:34
    Authored by Rena Van de Putte, Channel Marketing On July 1st, www.WebHostingSearch.com named Rackspace “One of the Good Guys of Web Hosting.”  This site serves as a repository of hosting information for companies in the market for hosting providers. “More than 100,000 businesses trust their websites with hosting from Rackspace. It probably goes without saying [...]

  • 5 Virtualization Management Principles You Can't Live Without

    Updated: 2011-07-11 14:19:00
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  • What is the Cost of the Cloud?

    Updated: 2011-07-08 14:30:00
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  • Data Center Site Selections need to be more comprehensive than they once were

    Updated: 2011-07-07 22:54:42
    Data Center site selections need to take into account the "new" environment, the "new" weather, the "new" security risks, and the known yet often overlooked disasters that can occur in many places where we have data centers today. A brief discussion of some of those changing site selection considerations that may help you keep your data center running while others are down.

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