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Re:Dropbox taking entire building in Mission Bay – biggest l... by more_corn on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @06:28PM (#15454091)
No, you don't put servers in office space. The infrastructure requirements are drastically different.
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Re:Dropbox taking entire building in Mission Bay – biggest l... by pandemicsyn on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @06:36PM (#15454152)
I mean its not unheard of for a company that size to build out a hardware lab on site in what over office space they're leasing. My previous employer did that through 3 office moves (+10 racks of test gear).
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Re:Dropbox taking entire building in Mission Bay – biggest l... by notyourwork on Thursday October 12, 2017 @12:47AM (#15455734)
Racks of test gear are far from a data center.
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