Adding to the recent debate over raised v's solid floor, seem there's
another option that wasn't discussed...
Scott.
LoL.... Best April fools I've seen un quite a while!
Thanks for sharing
Bryan
Adding to the recent debate over raised v's solid floor, seem there's
another option that wasn't discussed...http://www.iphouse.com/
Nice to see smaller companies take the time to put up a good April
fool's joke as well.
"Our schedule for replacing the carpet was accelerated due to an
approaching forced service contract expiration on our Roombas. The
carpet pile was just getting to be too short for the Roombas to be
efficient in their routes, and they would sometimes choke."
Shear brilliance. That must be rather surprising to people used to
standard facilities, seeing a hoard of Roombas stalking you...
-Jack Carrozzo
Nice to see smaller companies take the time to put up a good April
fool's joke as well.
...Wow I got totally owned.
Retreating to my corner,
-Jack Carrozzo
Some questions:
What about dust? Wouldn't the carpet hold down more dust then a regular floor, and at some point,
the dust could kick back up and go right back into the servers?
What about maintenance of the floor? (sweep/brooming wise) Isn't it easier to use something like
iRobot on a flat floor than a carpeted one?
I don't know the exact coding standards, but would it not be better to use those sound proof materials
in the corner and walls around the datacenter?
Wouldn't a carpet be bad for possible fires/flames or sparks?
Looks like they got 2, now...
-j
Nice to see smaller companies take the time to put up a good April
fool's joke as well.
Carpeted datacenters are no joke, check out Telehouse in London
Docklands, the existing two buildings have been *fully carpeted* in both
the corridors and data floors for some time (but as carpeted tiles, not
a continual carpet, a bit like this:
http://www.allcarpets.com.au/images/carpettiles.jpg)
Dave.
hahaha I fell for it HOOK LINE AND SINKER!!!
DAMN YOU GUYS!!!!
Its an april fools joke for them. Dare I say that I have actually seen
DCs with carpeting. My jaw dropped but it does exist.
Its an april fools joke for them. Dare I say that I have actually seen
DCs with carpeting. My jaw dropped but it does exist.
We had carpeted floor tiles in a data center where I used to work. It was bound to the raised floor panels, and I was told it had anti static properties. Never noticed a static issue, but the room had proper air handlers with humidity control.
The room was still loud, I'm not sure what dampening attributes it had for noise reduction. After a while the tiles start to wear a bit on the edges I suppose, but they had been in place for 5 years I believe and it looked fine (other than where liquid spills occoured on a distant side where people had some cubicles.)
The puller to lift floor tiles had evil teeth, not suction cups. It could bite.
- Ethan O'Toole
> Its an april fools joke for them. Dare I say that I have actually seen
> DCs with carpeting. My jaw dropped but it does exist.
We had carpeted floor tiles in a data center where I used to work. It was
bound to the raised floor panels, and I was told it had anti static
properties. Never noticed a static issue, but the room had proper air
handlers with humidity control.
We here at PARI have 30,000 square feet of carpeted raised floor. 18,000
square feet of that is two levels of one whole wing of one of the main
buildings, with recessed subfloors so there are no ramps or steps; the
transition from normal to raised is seamless.
A large portion of the other 12,000 square feet is, pardon the usage, 'puke
yellow' in color. The 18,000 sq feet is a nice gray color. All have static
draining foil and/or wires woven in the carpet for static control.
Thankfully no zinc whiskers on any of ours. (I'm posting this on April 2
specifically so that statement won't be misunderstood).
The puller to lift floor tiles had evil teeth, not suction cups. It could
bite.
Again, I'm posting this on April 2 specifically so that this won't be taken as
a joke, but, PARI being in the sticks, so to speak, that is, right in the
middle of the Pisgah National Forest, I've often carried a puller with me
outside when going to the pickup at night, along with my flashlight (we're an
observatory; there are no outside lights on at night). We have seen bobcats,
coyotes, eastern cougars (rare, but around), black bears, and wild hogs; rumor
has it that there are wolves within 50 miles.
I've often thought one of the pullers would be a fantastic close quarters
defensive non-fatal weapon.....but haven't had to use one yet. I have,
however, had a puller slip and get my knee before....
A couple of pictures (links are each on one line):
http://www.pari.edu/about_pari/pari-photos/archived-photos/volunteers/friends-
of-pari-volunteer-weekend-march-28-2009/IMG_5156.JPG/view
http://www.pari.edu/about_pari/pari-photos/archived-photos/volunteers/friends-
of-pari-volunteer-weekend-march-28-2009/IMG_5153.JPG/view
These were taken last year on the day a group of volunteers helped pull 60+
shielded Cat6 ethernet drops from the data center to the multimedia room; this
was done to reduce RFI to the radio telescopes.