Wireless data centers
On April 1, 2010, a well-known hosting company DreamHost in its official blog published several previously unseen photos of dark corners of its data centers.
Sometimes when a server dies, it's easier to leave it there and reuse its network cable without reconfiguring anything. And sometimes it is very difficult to plug in a new cable where it should be, so you have to plug it over the rest. It's simple, it works, and customers never need to know about it.
Pieces sink into the sea of ​​cables and become physically inaccessible.
The only significant cosmetic change that data centers have undergone over the past 20 years is the size of computers. And maybe the colors of the cables.
But it was so before!
DreamHost represents wireless data centers !
In their data center in Los Angeles, they exchanged, without exaggeration, thousands of cable categories 5 and 6 and fiber with a large number of 802.11n USB wireless adapters.
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This project was named “Dang Dongs“ (short for “Dangling dongles” - hanging / hanging wireless adapters).
All old cables have been recycled.
Now you can safely go through the data center under the cable avalanche.
Now problems with Ethernet are the past. 802.11n is the future, and the future has already arrived.
This new Linksys router says: “stream music to devices around your home” (transfer music to devices around your home). Imagine how quickly he will discuss sites. Must be very decent.
Soon, DreamHost promises an official report on the innovations and some more photos.
Free translation of entries from the blog company DreamHost.
PS This translation was written by my friend, if someone has an extra invite, you can invite him to Habr - 4N [at] mail.ru.
Sometimes when a server dies, it's easier to leave it there and reuse its network cable without reconfiguring anything. And sometimes it is very difficult to plug in a new cable where it should be, so you have to plug it over the rest. It's simple, it works, and customers never need to know about it.
Pieces sink into the sea of ​​cables and become physically inaccessible.
The only significant cosmetic change that data centers have undergone over the past 20 years is the size of computers. And maybe the colors of the cables.
But it was so before!
DreamHost represents wireless data centers !
In their data center in Los Angeles, they exchanged, without exaggeration, thousands of cable categories 5 and 6 and fiber with a large number of 802.11n USB wireless adapters.
')
This project was named “Dang Dongs“ (short for “Dangling dongles” - hanging / hanging wireless adapters).
All old cables have been recycled.
Now you can safely go through the data center under the cable avalanche.
Now problems with Ethernet are the past. 802.11n is the future, and the future has already arrived.
This new Linksys router says: “stream music to devices around your home” (transfer music to devices around your home). Imagine how quickly he will discuss sites. Must be very decent.
Soon, DreamHost promises an official report on the innovations and some more photos.
Free translation of entries from the blog company DreamHost.
PS This translation was written by my friend, if someone has an extra invite, you can invite him to Habr - 4N [at] mail.ru.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/90278/
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