Comments on: Is Twitter Really Building Its Own Data Center? http://gigaom.com/2010/04/16/whats-up-with-twitters-new-data-center/ Sun, 19 May 2013 13:13:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: BigBoss http://gigaom.com/2010/04/16/whats-up-with-twitters-new-data-center/#comment-247835 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:19:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=113568#comment-247835 They are building there own Data Center. Facility Gateway Corp is the builder. No more managed hosting for twitter

]]> By: Twitter to Build Data Center to Beach the Fail Whale http://gigaom.com/2010/04/16/whats-up-with-twitters-new-data-center/#comment-247834 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:24:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=113568#comment-247834 [...] wondered if Twitter was going to build its own data center back in April after John Adams, a Twitter engineer, mentioned the proposition on a slide. However, I ultimately [...]

]]> By: TWiCC #10 with Gavin Doughtie & Jason Baptiste http://gigaom.com/2010/04/16/whats-up-with-twitters-new-data-center/#comment-247833 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:02:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=113568#comment-247833 [...] Story 5 Twitter recently announced at the Chirp conference that it’s getting its own data center. [...]

]]> By: Jimmy Sou twitter and marketing http://gigaom.com/2010/04/16/whats-up-with-twitters-new-data-center/#comment-247832 Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:14:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=113568#comment-247832 I think Twitter will build its own datacenter especially now they are moving to advertising and they seem to want to be in more control

]]> By: Twitter Getting Own Data Center? http://gigaom.com/2010/04/16/whats-up-with-twitters-new-data-center/#comment-247831 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:46:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=113568#comment-247831 [...] center (as per operations engineer John Adams’ presentation at Chirp this week). As Gigaom points out, one possibility is that Twitter will move into NTT’s data [...]

]]> By: Ed Byrne http://gigaom.com/2010/04/16/whats-up-with-twitters-new-data-center/#comment-247830 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:22:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=113568#comment-247830 I don’t think it’s fair to say that Twitter are not using Cloud Computing because of latency issues – that’s just something they experienced with the Cloud providers they used and the particular infrastructure setup those providers have in place.

Its quite possible to have excellent latency and IO (the OTHER Cloud issue) in the right setup – it just might cost you a bit more – but you would still benefit from the utility and scalable nature of Cloud Computing.

]]> By: davidu http://gigaom.com/2010/04/16/whats-up-with-twitters-new-data-center/#comment-247829 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:01:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=113568#comment-247829 Stacey*, of course. Sorry.

(can’t edit my own comment)

]]> By: davidu http://gigaom.com/2010/04/16/whats-up-with-twitters-new-data-center/#comment-247828 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:49:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=113568#comment-247828 Stacy — You’ve misunderstood. Twitter is not building their own datacenter physically like Facebook, Google and MSFT do. They are just moving out from under NTT/Verio. Likely to one or more carrier neutral facilities like those provided by Equinix, Switch and Data, TelX, TeleCity, etc.

From what I’ve gathered, they are currently using a managed hardware service solution from NTT which was great early on, but which has hurt them as they’ve tried to scale and “get closer to the metal.” It’s also much more expensive than doing it yourself, even when renting the physical space and power from others.

Their arrangement with NTT limits their ability to run their own network, under their own ASN, with their own IP space. They can’t route, peer, or do other fancy network tricks. It’s probably time they start doing that if they want to continue their march towards operational excellence.

It’s quite possible they’ll keep NTT managed services around for a while, and even buy transit from NTT America, but it’s time for them to run their stuff mostly on their own gear.

]]> By: What’s Up With Twitter’s New Data Center? – Gigaom.com | Twitter Traffic Experts http://gigaom.com/2010/04/16/whats-up-with-twitters-new-data-center/#comment-247827 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:43:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=113568#comment-247827 [...] Post By Google News Click Here For The Entire Article Twitter Traffic Machine Review- April 16th, 2010 | Category: Twitter Traffic Machine [...]

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