A bit about Facebook data center
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And we write a lot about non-standard approaches to the design and construction of data centers. Today, our attention was attracted by the report of The Atlantic about one of the data centers of Facebook.
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The publication follows the success of the project of Mark Zuckerberg almost from the very moment of its launch. Journalists recall how one of the first Facebook offices looked. Now open-space'y already very few people are interested, but the huge data center companies attract the attention of experts from around the world. Just look and see the scale with your own eyes:
The company owns a number of data centers located throughout the country and even develops its own hardware, aimed at improving the efficiency of the data center. Sometimes there are unforeseen situations like the one when an abnormal level of condensate has formed in the data center.
Although for all the data center Facebook and provides a high level of security - there are pass readers and fingerprint scanners - employees are used to treat the data center as a giant analogue of the Lego designer - the foundation, but only for applications.
From the point of view of energy supply, the data center operates on wind energy that comes from the company's own wind farm. To cool the data center, ventilation is used at the floor level and special rooms where the air releases heat.
PS And here are some more materials from the IaaS provider blog 1cloud:
And we write a lot about non-standard approaches to the design and construction of data centers. Today, our attention was attracted by the report of The Atlantic about one of the data centers of Facebook.
/ Photo Ksayer1 / CC
')
The publication follows the success of the project of Mark Zuckerberg almost from the very moment of its launch. Journalists recall how one of the first Facebook offices looked. Now open-space'y already very few people are interested, but the huge data center companies attract the attention of experts from around the world. Just look and see the scale with your own eyes:
The company owns a number of data centers located throughout the country and even develops its own hardware, aimed at improving the efficiency of the data center. Sometimes there are unforeseen situations like the one when an abnormal level of condensate has formed in the data center.
Although for all the data center Facebook and provides a high level of security - there are pass readers and fingerprint scanners - employees are used to treat the data center as a giant analogue of the Lego designer - the foundation, but only for applications.
From the point of view of energy supply, the data center operates on wind energy that comes from the company's own wind farm. To cool the data center, ventilation is used at the floor level and special rooms where the air releases heat.
PS And here are some more materials from the IaaS provider blog 1cloud:
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/273185/
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