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Re: Why the US Government has so many data centers


From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 16:49:38 -0400 (EDT)

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?

Declare victory now.


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