Why the US Government has so many data centers
mikea
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Mon Mar 14 21:06:24 UTC 2016
On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 04:49:38PM -0400, Sean Donelan wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Mar 2016, Scott Weeks wrote:
> > It's all phunny money. Real economics are not even considered.
> > At all.
>
> And what makes your think the Data Center Optimization Initiative is any
> different, when they are counting single servers instead of data centers?
>
> If it was a rational, coherent plan; that would be great. Instead I see
> lots of people spending years looking for servers, and writing reports
> about counting servers, and moving servers from on room to another room.
> What's the return on investment counting paperclips?
But when they're finished, they'll have the serial number of each individual
paperclip, and a paperclip history form to go with it.
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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin
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