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Re:Microsoft reveals its server designs and releases open so... by ChuckMcM on Tuesday March 11, 2014 @01:50PM (#7380911)
Nice to see them joining Open Compute. I find the whole open compute thing pretty interesting, having gotten the 'Google story' where the question "Why should I pay for this sheet metal that only gets in the way of me fixing a machine?" started an avalanche of other questions, to the whole "Why do we put things in RELAY RACKS anyway?"

The current tension between 'colo facilities' and 'EC2/CE/Azure' is almost palpable at times. I look forward to the first "OpenCompute Ready" hosting facility that just needs you to plug in your server or storage boards.

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Re:Microsoft reveals its server designs and releases open so... by rdl on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @02:20AM (#7420455)
Seems like an obvious thing to do (either bare metal rentals, or space for cages) in Bonneville (where you can be dirt cheap in power and pretty cheap on bw) and a few other locations.
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