Comments on: COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT: Tell us your Data Center Tales and you could win a Nintendo Wii http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/community-announcement-tell-us-your-data-center-tales-and-you-could-win-a-nintendo-wii/ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:34:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: IT Knowledge Exchange Community Update for 11/18/08 - ITKE Community Blog http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/community-announcement-tell-us-your-data-center-tales-and-you-could-win-a-nintendo-wii/#comment-57843 IT Knowledge Exchange Community Update for 11/18/08 - ITKE Community Blog Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:10:39 +0000 #comment-57843 [...] IT Knowledge Exchange t-shirt, along with the chance to win other great prizes. View the details here. Read some stories your peers have already submitted here. Earn Knowledge Points and [...] [...] IT Knowledge Exchange t-shirt, along with the chance to win other great prizes. View the details here. Read some stories your peers have already submitted here. Earn Knowledge Points and [...]

]]> By: ITKE http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/community-announcement-tell-us-your-data-center-tales-and-you-could-win-a-nintendo-wii/#comment-57036 ITKE Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:59:10 +0000 #comment-57036 That is a good one. Thanks for sharing. That is a good one. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: NEHarris http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/community-announcement-tell-us-your-data-center-tales-and-you-could-win-a-nintendo-wii/#comment-57031 NEHarris Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:24:31 +0000 #comment-57031 In my travels I see many data centers. Some designed very well and others like this one.. I wanted to share this because it is very funny and true. I traveled 3 hours to visit a school to review their data center/ network because they had heat load and power problems. After introductions we went to see the physical data center. I knew something was wrong when everbody enter the boys bathroom. I did not need to go so I stop at the door thinking that they had to go. The door opens again and they asked if I was coming in. Confused, I stated no I did not have to go. They laugh and said they converted this bathroom into their network/ Data Center. I went inside and it looked like a bathroom with working fixtures. They opened a bathroom stall and there on top of an active toliet was a server rack. They cover the toliet with a wooded box and placed the servrer rack on top. This was a first for me and after driving 3 hours, now I had to go. I could not figure out why they did this. I asked if the batthroom was going to be replace with a data center or server room. They stated no, this was the space giving to them for this rack and they had other racks in 2 other bathrooms. The real reason is, this was old school and they did not have space to put racks anywhere. I gave my solution which included getting the racks out of the bathrooms. I still to this day when other client ask what are some of the wrost data centers I have ever seen this one comes up in the top 3. I 've got to go... In my travels I see many data centers. Some designed very well and others like this one..

I wanted to share this because it is very funny and true.

I traveled 3 hours to visit a school to review their data center/ network because they had heat load and power problems. After introductions we went to see the physical data center. I knew something was wrong when everbody enter the boys bathroom. I did not need to go so I stop at the door thinking that they had to go. The door opens again and they asked if I was coming in. Confused, I stated no I did not have to go. They laugh and said they converted this bathroom into their network/ Data Center. I went inside and it looked like a bathroom with working fixtures. They opened a bathroom stall and there on top of an active toliet was a server rack. They cover the toliet with a wooded box and placed the servrer rack on top. This was a first for me and after driving 3 hours, now I had to go. I could not figure out why they did this. I asked if the batthroom was going to be replace with a data center or server room. They stated no, this was the space giving to them for this rack and they had other racks in 2 other bathrooms. The real reason is, this was old school and they did not have space to put racks anywhere.

I gave my solution which included getting the racks out of the bathrooms. I still to this day when other client ask what are some of the wrost data centers I have ever seen this one comes up in the top 3.

I ‘ve got to go…

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