A little website downtime on May 30th

Posted by Giza (Douglas Muth) on Tue, 2007-05-29 10:40

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I've been informed by our webhost that starting at 11 PM on Wednesday, May 30th, the machine that we are hosted on will be taken down for a few hours for a move to a brand new data center. The downtime is expected to be for "3-4 hours".

Below are some pictures of the new datacenter. I hope that folks find them educational, or at least amusing:

A series of tubes. Electrical conduits, that is:

UPS systems:

Backup generators:

Mostly empty colo space:

Some customers have started to migrate:

Colo Alley. The "cages" seen on either side are separate spaces that are usually leased to a single customer:

Cooling system outside the facility. Note the razor wire(!!) on the fence to the left:

The full set of pictures can be found on Flickr.

If anyone has questions about the move, please let me know, thanks!

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Posted by Unclekage (Dr. Samuel Conway) on Tue, 2007-05-29 11:05

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You are SUCH a geek!!

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Posted by RappyRaptor on Tue, 2007-05-29 11:08

Location: Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

I knew the internet was just a series of tubes.

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Posted by Exkhaniber on Tue, 2007-05-29 16:50

Ever see the movie, "The Shadow"?

Good movie. Takes place in the 1930's, with a type of batman-esque superhero known as "The Shadow". Anyway, he has a series of agents who report to him throughout New York City by dropping notes off in pneumatic tubes all over the city that lead to his basement.

I was watching the movie with Mwaricon, and he made the comment "Hey, it's the early internet!". I of course yelled out, "The internet is a series of tubes!!!". And he never heard the term....so perfect joke lost.

-There is no truth

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Posted by The Sonic God (Justin P. Reese) on Wed, 2007-05-30 23:50

"What is this "logic" you speak of?"

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Nooo... not nearly enough geekiness. Add LED lights to the razor wire and have lightsaber-armed guards and you've got yourself a deal. Laughing out loud

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Posted by mapdark on Tue, 2007-05-29 14:34

"Happiness is simple : Spaghettis , love and sleep ^^"

Location: Montreal , Quebec , Canada

OH PRETTY!

So much space ..

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except for the people I don't like..

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Posted by Lascivus_Lutra on Tue, 2007-05-29 15:00

Location: Amherst, Ohio

DC UPS is the wave of the future!

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Posted by Giza (Douglas Muth) on Tue, 2007-05-29 15:37

"100% usynlig - som en ninja!"

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Too bad the machines look like desktop boxes that use 120 volts AC.

Because getting the power cycles synchronized from multiple generators is a pain. Sad It'd be nice if all the equipment was 48 volts DC.

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Posted by Lascivus_Lutra on Tue, 2007-05-29 16:25

Location: Amherst, Ohio

Yes, 48 vdc keeps me employed Sticking out tongue

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Posted by Theyain Riyu on Tue, 2007-05-29 15:32

"^ This is an eye ^"

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I want a server farm that big (to fill the entire warehouse). I could use it for the stuff I do. 3D art. ^_^ ).( -_-;
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Posted by FennecusKitsune on Tue, 2007-05-29 16:09

Location: Brown University (school) & LI, NY (home)

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Nobody's messing with those tubes with all that barbed wire Smiling

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Posted by SimbaLion (Steve Hopps) on Wed, 2007-05-30 20:21

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Location: Chicago, IL

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Interesting photos Smiling I've gotta say tho, after a few weeks in Chicago I stopped being surprised at the sight of razorwire.. The stuff is in every alleyway here.