Re: Getting Off the Patch

[phocean <0x90 () phocean net>]

And this is after virtualisation ?
So you just need to move to a new datacenter :D
Good luck ;)

Le vendredi 14 janvier 2011 à 13:39 -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu a
écrit :
> On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:22:53 +0100, phocean said:
>
> > Second, companies using critical applications and serious about their
> > users and environments don't care about the cost of a few more servers
> > if ever it was required.
>
> Unfortunately, when you're trying to scale, sometimes you hit a brick wall
> (literally - part of my machine room is curtained off with dust-suppression
> plastic sheeting because they're cutting through the wall).  Having to bring in
> another 1.5 megawatt power feed because your first two are at capacity makes
> you suddenly care a lot about the total cost. :)
>
> Oh, and of course that means the cooling system needs to be checked and
> possibly ugraded, and 1.5 megawatt backup diesels cost a fair chunk of change,
> and, and,. and... ;)
>
> (And yes, we already did the whole virtualization thing - otherwise we'd have been
> up against the power wall several years ago).


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