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While the idea is pretty neat, what happens when a drive goes bad? Imagine what it would cost to pull that entire unit for maintenance.
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While the idea is pretty neat, what happens when a drive goes bad? Imagine what it would cost to pull that entire unit for maintenance.
I didn't read the article but it is possible there are redundant drives on standby to auto-switch into.
I can't see this as a long term solution because of the corrosive nature of salt water.
If there is a hull breech; kiss it all goodbye.
I can't see this as a long term solution because of the corrosive nature of salt water.
If there is a hull breech; kiss it all goodbye.
I found this gem from their website:
How would a Natick datacenter impact the environment?
Natick datacenters consume no water for cooling or any other purpose.
Then what is the point? If it isn't even going to leverage the temperature of the water, what is the point of putting it in the ocean? security?
Unless they are just lying, and arent calling the fact that a large metal container in the ocean is going to act as one big heat exchanger.
I didn't read the article but it is possible there are redundant drives on standby to auto-switch into.
I found this gem from their website:
How would a Natick datacenter impact the environment?
Natick datacenters consume no water for cooling or any other purpose.
Then what is the point? If it isn't even going to leverage the temperature of the water, what is the point of putting it in the ocean? security?
Unless they are just lying, and arent calling the fact that a large metal container in the ocean is going to act as one big heat exchanger.
I found this gem from their website:
How would a Natick datacenter impact the environment?
Natick datacenters consume no water for cooling or any other purpose.
Then what is the point? If it isn't even going to leverage the temperature of the water, what is the point of putting it in the ocean? security?
Unless they are just lying, and arent calling the fact that a large metal container in the ocean is going to act as one big heat exchanger.
Just build a SeaLab.
They said it's because it puts it closer to most people. Right now, data centers, I suspect, are in areas with low population density. Putting a data center, for example, in NYC, would be insanely expensive. Dropping it in the ocean is probably cheaper than buying property near Manhattan
Think of the tax implications if you can put them far enough offshore to be in international waters.
Isn't this NSA's wet dream? (pun intended)
Put computers and storage on major internet trunks?
While the idea is pretty neat, what happens when a drive goes bad? Imagine what it would cost to pull that entire unit for maintenance.