13 July 2005

sustainable datacenter

so i've been reading up on high availablity architectures and strategies for a presetnation i will be giving in august and thought that it would be cool to desgin and research what it would take to create a completely sustainable data center...



from the data side of the equation...you'd have to have fast and secure access to the site from a remote location...you'd want to know your data was not only safe but secure from internal and external prying eyes...



network considerations


  • speed of light

  • geographic distance to data center

  • satellite wifi access




building site considerations


  • do you build to suit and completely customized the structure?

  • do you search for a pre-existing site that fits most of your requirements?

  • do you stay local to the U.S. or do you look for an international site?

  • if you do look intl, where do you start?

  • what countries are attractive?

  • what types of natural disasters are "normal"?




would it be a good idea to attempt to reach out to a third world country such as an african nation to host the data center?? this could potentially be a means to provide training for the local peoples in many areas...such as building design, systems design, solar energy designs, actual hands-on experience with new technologies...

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