Retiring A Data Center. With an Axe.

Data Center Knowledge (Feb 26 2010) Cloud Computing , Servers

1. The data center is built around the principle of perpetual uptime. The power must always be on. The data must always be available. Yet what becomes of these facilities when they reach the end of their usefulness? What procedures and rituals are required when a data center is turned off? At eBay, it involves putting an an axe through the final server. That’s the fun part of a great blog post by Dean Nelson, senior director of the data center team at eBay, which last month shut down the company’s oldest data center in Sacramento. The facility was retired as part of a major data center consolidation for the giant Internet auction site, which will shift much of its operations to a new data center in Utah. Dean describes the process, gives some history on the facility, and shares details of the ceremony for de-activating the final server ... (Read Full Article)

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