[188690] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Why the US Government has so many data centers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Tue Apr 12 16:08:34 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 16:06:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.20.1603111156590.46772@cnex.qbaryna.pbz>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Guess what, an IG decides to count "data centers" using OMB's definition
of a data center. CIO points out those "data centers" won't save money.
https://fcw.com/articles/2016/04/11/lyngaas-halvorsen-update.aspx
The IG report knocked Halvorsen for not adjusting his strategy to account
for a revised definition of data centers from the Office of Management and
Budget. But Halvorsen defended that decision, saying the revised
definition focused on special-purpose processing nodes, which are data
centers that have no direct connection to the DOD Information Network.
"Those nodes aren't where the money [is], and in most cases, there's no
value in consolidating them," Halvorsen said.
