Pimp My Datacenter

snydeq writes "InfoWorld has put together an in-depth, hands-on feature detailing the complete pimp-out makeover of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics' 1950s-era server room into a bona-fide 21st century datacenter equipped with 'some of the glitziest and most functional gear known to datacenter-building man.' The project — completed neither on time nor on budget — resulted in improved rack and cable management, more efficient cooling, higher security, and a wealth of remote management functionality to keep University of Hawaii IT staff from having to leave the beach to service glitches. Editorial coverage includes essential tips for completing a datacenter overhaul, video interviews, and deep-dive coverage of the technologies implemented, including state-of-the-art datacenter-planning software, power and cooling equipment, out-of-band management systems, physical security solutions, remote rebooting capabilities, and more."

Comments

Sigh

[jaxtherat]

Pimp My Datacenter Maybe I'm just too old to get it (26), but when did pimps become cool, and the word pimp become a verb commonly used to describe a process of improvement? I mean, when I was growing up, a pimp was a scumbag who hooked women (and some men) with drugs and threats and made them turn tricks. Hardly something laudible.

Yes, I know "get off my lawn" etc...

Re:Sigh

[evilviper]

when did pimps become cool, and the word pimp become a verb commonly used to describe a process of improvement?

The 70s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaxploitation
The 80s and 90s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimpmobile
And the 00s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimp_My_Ride

Maybe I'm just too old to get it (26),

You're not remotely too old... You were just simply an unpopular and stodgy individual.

Lame

[FSWKU]

Not the datacenter itself, but the InfoWorld coverage. Two pages that could have EASILY been put on a single page (although that would decrease ad impressions and we can't have that, now can we?) and a complete lack of pictures of this supposedly awesome upgrade? Can we PLEASE stop posting stories from the dolts at InfoWorld? All we're doing is driving ad impressions on shoddy articles. Mod me as offtopic if you wish. I couldn't care less as I have plenty of karma.

OB Lebowski

[Sir_Real]

"wiggers" is not the preferred nomenclature. Wafrican-Americans please.

Tag: nophotos

[RealGrouchy]

Let me get this straight: they are talking about an upgrade from a really old datacentre to a really new one (both of which would make or interesting visuals), and there are no photos in the article, which is split into two short pages of text.

Then, when I click on the link for the videos, it's a bunch of 60-second clips of an interview!

Totally lame.

- RG>

Hawaii = Huge Data Center Power Bill

[miller60]

If you're in Hawaii, you better be pimping the dickens out of your data center. Hawaii has the most expensive electricity in the United States, according to state-by-state energy prices, which show Hawaiian power prices at 16 to 17 cents per kW hour.

Yawn . . .

[jgaynor]

There's nothing new about anything being done here. Here's what they're ooh-ing and ahh-ing over:

- Hot Aisle / Cold Aisle
- Environmental Monitoring (with Netbotz, how inventive)
- At-a-glance rack power load
- Hard & Soft Remote reboots (LOM, web-enabled PDUs)
- Physical Access Control (card based(!), no biometrics)
- Run-o-the-mill remote console and IPKVM
- Good cable management
- Paying people to move your crap for you

I thought this was gonna be like an iris-scanning, fully Direct Current, liquid cooled, flywheel-UPSed, heat reclaming technological wonderland. Instead it's just more 'throw money at the first google hit.'