Hamilton: Pace of Innovation is Quickening

Data Center Knowledge (Jun 24 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

1. When it comes to thinking outside the box, at least one data center designer is thinking about the X-Box. As the industry debates whether higher temperatures will affect the reliability of servers, James Hamilton of Amazon Web Services says some obvious test cases are being overlooked. “Game consoles are wild, multi-core servers running as hot as they can run,” said Hamilton. “They run in the worst conditions on the planet, and they run fine.” Hamilton, who discussed data center innovation Wednesday at the O’Reilly Velocity 2010 conference, isn’t advocating that server environments seek to replicate conditions in your teenager’s bedroom. But he said data center designers are beginning to look past historic assumptions, and that openness to new approaches is critical to solving tough design problems. (Read Full Article)

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