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RIM Blackberry's outage has been source of many twitter jokes.
But, what is funny is this video that pokes fun at the frustration of users.
For those of you who don't know the reference to an Orange in the skit is meant to mean the Orange mobile network. http://www.orange.co.uk/
PUE metric is simple and effective way for people to understand the power and cooling efficiency of their data center. The more people discussing PUE, the lower the numbers go, the difference hopefully will decrease. A strange example of a difference causing an unintended affect is in California's booting the "Prius Perk" from the HOV lanes.
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Loss Of California HOV-Lane 'Prius Perk' Slows All Traffic
Published October 14, 2011
| High Gear Media
Reuters
Many California drivers silently cheered on July 1, when the yellow stickers on 85,000 hybrid cars expired--meaning their drivers were no longer allowed to travel solo in the carpool lane.
According to a new study released Monday at the University of California-Berkeley, though the loss of the single-occupant privilege that was cheered by other drivers may have made their own lives paradoxically worse.
The study is here.
We verify that slow speeds in a special-use lane, such as a carpool or bus lane, can be due to both high demand for that lane and slow speeds in the adjacent regular-use lane. These dual influences are confirmed from months of data collected from all freeway carpool facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Additional data indicate that both influences hold not only for other types of special-use lanes, including bus lanes, but also for other parts of the world.
The findings do not bode well for a new US regulation stipulating that most classes of LowEmitting Vehicles, or LEVs, are to vacate slow-moving carpool lanes. These LEVs invariably constitute small percentages of traffic; e.g. they are only about 1% of the freeway traffic demand in the San Francisco Bay Area. Yet, we show that relegating some or all of these vehicles to regular-use lanes can significantly add to regular-lane congestion, and that this, in turn, can also be damaging to vehicles that continue to use the carpool lanes. Counterproductive outcomes of this kind are predicted first by applying kinematic wave analysis to a real Bay Area freeway. The site stands to suffer less from the regulationthan will others in the region. Yet, we predict that the site’s people-hours and vehicle-hours traveled during the rush will each increase by more than 10%, and that carpool-lane traffic will share in the damages. Real data from the site support these predictions. Further parametric analysis of a hypothetical, but more generic freeway system indicates that these kinds of negative outcomes will be widespread. Constructive ways to amend the new regulation are discussed, as are promising strategies to increase the vehicle speeds in carpool lanes by improving the travel conditions in regular lanes.
I just spent 2 days at International Association IT Asset Management conference. The first 4 hours I was absorbing what the attendees were like and their roles. Here is the breadth of range of the subjects presented in this PDF.
But, after two days and lots of discussions I felt like this is a tactical approach addressing the short term issue which is important. But, where is the bigger picture that resonates with the CxO and business unit owners.
An analogy could be FedEx tracking individual packages throughout the system as asset management's job. Where are all the packages and where are the records. But this approach doesn't answer the business effectiveness of the system empowered by the assets. To give you an idea watch this FedEx video on plane movement. What is important from the CxO's perspective is did those planes execute as planned, what is the utilization of the plane, was it on time, what were the costs associated to run that plane, etc.
Asset Management is important, but it is only one piece of a bigger problem to run operations at its best.
I have figured out the equivalent to a plane load of assets to track, and so far people like the metaphor to report on data center operations. Next week I am heading to NYC and 2 weeks after that to 7x24Exchange where I'll test the ideas more on how asset management can fit in an overall system.
People would regularly ask what happened to Kevin Timmons? Thanks to Twitter you can see he is at Cyrus One as CTO.
You can run a search and see what the latest tweets are. http://twitter.com/#!/search/kevin%20timmons
The Data Center ecosystem is filled predominantly with engineering, real estate, operations, and IT staff. Rarely will you find a lawyer in the room. On the other hand, the local, state, and federal ecosystem has an abundance of legal expertise.
I found this Dilbert comic with a lawyer and a technical guy talking to the CEO, and it is funny and gets across the point that companies go to the technical guy first.
One of my data center friends is a lawyer, Jim Grice, and he is presenting at 7x24 exchange on Monday, Nov 14 at 3p.
Breakout B: Site Selection, Incentives, and Sustainability: Legal Issues and Beyond
James W. Grice
Partner & Leader, Project Solutions Group
Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLPNancy Heimann
Jim has been making great progress being one of the few attorneys who can help the client's legal strategy in data center development. I know there will be a bunch of us in the room ready to throw out more lawyer jokes. :-)
How many attorneys does it take to develop a data center?
