Comments on: Facebook Open Sources Its Servers and Data Centers http://gigaom.com/2011/04/07/facebook-open-sources-its-servers-and-data-centers/ Sat, 18 May 2013 07:34:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Toni http://gigaom.com/2011/04/07/facebook-open-sources-its-servers-and-data-centers/#comment-624854 Tue, 17 May 2011 21:41:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=327148#comment-624854 No tools ok, but everything almost done.

]]> By: Bobby http://gigaom.com/2011/04/07/facebook-open-sources-its-servers-and-data-centers/#comment-616042 Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:53:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=327148#comment-616042 Impressive PUE

]]> By: Rupam http://gigaom.com/2011/04/07/facebook-open-sources-its-servers-and-data-centers/#comment-615343 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 19:09:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=327148#comment-615343 So are my status updates now gonna be green in color?

]]> By: Vladimir Rodionov http://gigaom.com/2011/04/07/facebook-open-sources-its-servers-and-data-centers/#comment-615334 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:35:38 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=327148#comment-615334 Making servers and data centers to be more power efficient and environmentally friendly is great, of course but using more optimized software technologies can save you much more. If they will increase performance of all their applications by 100% they can cut down the number of servers by 50%. And that is a huge saving (and probably will cost less than building a new data center to increase capacity)

]]> By: Andrew Macdonald http://gigaom.com/2011/04/07/facebook-open-sources-its-servers-and-data-centers/#comment-615298 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:59:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=327148#comment-615298 @Anurag – It’s not about the location, the person simply asked what is wrong with nuclear (nothing about WHERE the plant was).

I merely pointed out that nuclear has it downsides, as Japan is currently all too aware of.

]]> By: Jim http://gigaom.com/2011/04/07/facebook-open-sources-its-servers-and-data-centers/#comment-615292 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:30:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=327148#comment-615292 Of course Novell was heating their offices in Provo back in 1995 without all the publicity seeking fanfare.

]]> By: Stacey Higginbotham http://gigaom.com/2011/04/07/facebook-open-sources-its-servers-and-data-centers/#comment-615280 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 14:41:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=327148#comment-615280 Google did show off its server and periodically offers a glimpse into its data centers, but it’s not exactly transparent and certainly hasn’t delivered anything at this level.

]]> By: Rob http://gigaom.com/2011/04/07/facebook-open-sources-its-servers-and-data-centers/#comment-615220 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:38:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=327148#comment-615220 … and these servers will use *less* coal and nuclear energy than they otherwise would if Facebook were running off-the-shelf boxes. I’m sure that if there was a local renewable source for a similar price it would have been considered.

]]> By: Sheetal http://gigaom.com/2011/04/07/facebook-open-sources-its-servers-and-data-centers/#comment-615200 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 06:21:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=327148#comment-615200 Wow thats a nice concept.. But does any body knows that where Google has kept their servers.. What i read from an article on Free classified it said they have used the shipping containers and installed servers in those containers and are some where in middle of desert in USA. The heat from Desert generates Power and electricity to run those. Not sure if that correct or no but this is what i read.

]]> By: Youo http://gigaom.com/2011/04/07/facebook-open-sources-its-servers-and-data-centers/#comment-615191 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:23:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=327148#comment-615191 Google did release specs on it’s low cost servers in the past.

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