Anyone been to a datacenter in person? - Page 3

Rob · Post #31 (**permalink**) 01-24-2008, 02:49 PM

timihosting.com I remember the first time I did that- was great!

The hosting memory i think which will stick with me forever was the first time i saw a 1u rackmount server for the first time - was so amazed by how small it was... then slightly startled by how loud it was

timihosting.com · Post #32 (**permalink**) 01-25-2008, 12:00 AM

I've been a web hosting pilot for nearly 6 years now, and it keeps getting better

I've always wanted to become an actual airforce pilot going through schools, but powering up a 1U-4U server sound almost alike

le00 · Post #33 (**permalink**) 01-25-2008, 06:12 PM

Lol, that's nice!

I've always wanted to see that biometric security system. That things should be so nice and star wars like, lol

kylebionhosting · Post #34 (**permalink**) 01-28-2008, 01:01 PM

From what i've seen all data centers are fairly the same, regardless of where you go

sailor · Post #35 (**permalink**) 01-29-2008, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by kylebionhosting

From what i've seen all data centers are fairly the same, regardless of where you go

thats defainately not the case.

I have been to a ton of data centers in my 22 years in this biz and there are a lot of differences. some of the subtle and some of the huge.
every one is different though.

kylebionhosting · Post #36 (**permalink**) 01-29-2008, 10:34 PM

But they all share one similar concept.

vpsville · Post #37 (**permalink**) 01-31-2008, 09:36 AM

One thing to remember about a good datacenter, is that is should be very cold and very windy. If you don't need a sweater when you are in there, find another provider

-p9- · Post #38 (**permalink**) 02-29-2008, 11:57 PM

I visited Peer1 in Montreal, nothing really impressive, nobody there with coffee and cookie.

Rob · Post #39 (**permalink**) 03-01-2008, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by vpsville

One thing to remember about a good datacenter, is that is should be very cold and very windy. If you don't need a sweater when you are in there, find another provider

LOL very good advise!

Dediwebspace · Post #40 (**permalink**) 03-04-2008, 01:30 AM

Im visiting Datagram in New York soon

AbbieRose · Post #41 (**permalink**) 03-05-2008, 01:28 PM

I'll never forget reading the warnings as I entered the one data center, about the halogen fire surpression systems. Those things scare the pants off me.

The DCs I have been in were invariably hot, despite heavy duty air conditioning systems for their cooling, and were noisy too.

binarykarma · Post #42 (**permalink**) 03-19-2008, 02:43 AM

No one can just walk into a data center. The DC folks I was doing business with provided me with an ID card with which I can access a 24-hr KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) room that had several terminals. I was given a username and password to access my physical server. The setup was very decent. This was one of the expensive ones.

vpsville · Post #43 (**permalink**) 04-09-2008, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by AbbieRose

I'll never forget reading the warnings as I entered the one data center, about the halogen fire surpression systems. Those things scare the pants off me.

The DCs I have been in were invariably hot, despite heavy duty air conditioning systems for their cooling, and were noisy too.

Yeah those systems scare me too.

We are at Peer1 in Toronto, and its COLD there (and ex$pensive). I wouldn't keep equipment in a hot room.

carlostabs · Post #44 (**permalink**) 04-30-2008, 06:17 PM

We run and operate a total of 9 racks in 2 different datacenters, so yea.. we're familiar

(Their BORING AND LOUD, SHH DONT TELL ANYONE!)

VN-Ken · Post #45 (**permalink**) 05-03-2008, 04:32 PM

To whoever said all datacenters are the same - you've obviously not toured many data centers.

I've been in about 7-8 data centers over the past four years or so since I've been in industry, and none of them are alike.