Managing the Most Remote Data Center In the World

blackbearnh writes "Imagine that your data center was in the most geographically remote location in the world. Now imagine that you can only get to it 4 months of the year. Just for fun, add in some of the most extreme weather conditions in the world. That's the challenge that faces John Jacobsen, one of the people responsible for making sure that the data from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory makes it all the way from the South Pole to researchers across the world. In an interview recorded at OSCON, Jacobsen talks about the problems that he has to face (video), which includes (surprisingly) keeping the data center cool. If you're ever griped because you had to haul yourself across town in the middle of the night to fix a server crash, this interview should put things in perspective."

Comments

So it's possible after all...

[Drakkenmensch]

... to sell air conditionning in the south pole?

Re:So it's possible after all...

[Drakkenmensch]

But then a bunch of penguins could sneak in and replace all their copies of Windows 2008 server with Linux. Wait, this plan actually sounds better and better every second...

Probably doesn't seem that cold ...

[Anonymous Coward]

... to the Wookie who was interviewing him.

Unfortunately...

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

The video makes it impossible to tell if this guy is the real thing, or if The Thing has had a change to catch him in the cold isle and duplicate him. I fear to imagine what it would be capable of once it uses the base's internet connection to discover tentacle-rape hentai...

Re:Kdawson . . .

[rossdee]

I think you're almost certain to have to fix problems in the middle of the night down there, after all they are about 6 months long...

Re:Gripped?

[alphax45]

"Are the /. editors even literate?"
You really have to ask that at this point? :)

Re:Remote, But Not Remotest

[Monty_Lovering]

Silly jokes are not worth explaining. Next time I will employ sub(marine)titles for the hard of understanding.