[109566] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: an over-the-top data center
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Seth Mattinen)
Mon Dec 1 14:31:07 2008
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:30:51 -0800
From: Seth Mattinen <sethm@rollernet.us>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> On Dec 1, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
>> On 1-Dec-08, at 10:27 AM, Danny McPherson wrote:
>>
>>> On a related noted, some have professed that adapting old
>>> ships into data centers would provide eco-friendly secure
>>> data center solutions.
>>
>> Your data connection to shore is going to be tenuous at best. One good
>> blow strong enough to make you drag anchor and you kiss goodbye your
>> fibre trunk connection. Putting that back in service is a bit more
>> than a four hour splice job.
>
> Not if the ship is literally encased in concrete at the shore. Which
> solves all your other problems as well.
>
> There are even examples of actual free-floating ships which have been
> stable for a decade or more. See the floating casinos in Louisiana,
> which have been hit by hurricanes, and are still attached to shore by
> electricity, bits, and physically.
>
The same ones that were moved inland and deposited on top of someone's
house? Hardly a good example of stable.
http://www.katrina.noaa.gov/helicopter/images/katrina-biloxi-miss-grand-casino2-2005.jpg
~Seth
