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Building a Data Center In 60 Days

Posted by kdawson on from the 170-racks-and-nothin'-on dept.

miller60 writes "The facilities team at Australia's Pipe Networks is down to the wire in its bid to complete a data center in 60 days. And in an era when many major data-center projects are shrouded in secrecy, these guys are putting the entire effort online, with daily updates and photos on the company blog, a live webcam inside the facility, a countdown timer, and a punch-list of key tasks left to finish. Their goal is to complete the job by Friday morning eastern US time."

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  1. What's burning? by Max+Romantschuk · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, it's just the server going up in smoke trying to serve a live webcam on Slashdot...

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    1. Re:What's burning? by Thox · · Score: 4, Funny

      60 day project set back to day 0 due to fire damage.

  2. Checklist by WillRobinson · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Get first DS3 up - check
    2. Setup webcam - check
    3. Setup webserver - check
    4. Post on slashdot and soak the DS3 - check
    5. Stress test in progress

  3. Make a TV reality show by yohanes · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everyone is doing that, why shouldn't they. Then we can fire managers that we hated the most.

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  4. He didn't want to block the tubes! by adamofgreyskull · · Score: 4, Funny

    Duh...he just said bandwidth was expensive.