Thursday 7 April 2011

Facebook – Open Compute Project

It seems that Facebook has released their entire data centre design and called it the Open Compute Project.

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All we can say is, “Wow”!

Their data centre is significantly more efficient in its power usage over traditional data centre structures. Not only that, they _custom_ built their servers using commodity Intel and AMD boards, generic chassis, and more.

There is a lot of good reading on the site that covers the entire setup from start to finish including CAD drawings no less.

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Very kewl stuff! :)

Hat Tip: Amy of Third Tier

Philip Elder
MPECS Inc.
Microsoft Small Business Specialists
Co-Author: SBS 2008 Blueprint Book

*Our original iMac was stolen (previous blog post). We now have a new MacBook Pro courtesy of Vlad Mazek, owner of OWN.

Windows Live Writer

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