A Very Very Hot Data Centre

Data centres pack lots of cool technology in them. The technology make them hot. Literally hot too, considering the amount of heat they dissipate. Now, combine that with a cooling crisis and you truly have a recipe for disaster. Here’s what happened recently in a data centre I run. An unfortunate turn of events led to both the primary and backup cooling systems to fail together. Basically, the entire server area was without any cooling at all. As you can…

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