Best of Data Center Knowledge, Feb. 2009

February was a busy month for data center news, but a “just for fun” feature emerged as the standout in our monthly list of the 10 most popular stories at Data Center Knowledge. The Gallery of Exploding Servers proved to be one of the most popular articles in the history of our site. Other articles with wide readership included our coverage of the routing disruption on Feb. 16, ASHRAE’s examination of data center temperature set points, and the data loss at Ma.gnolia. Here’s a look at the 10 most popular stories of February 2009, ranked by total page views:

• The Gallery of Exploding Servers (Feb. 18)
• Flying and Crashing Servers (Feb. 18)
• Ma.gnolia Data is Gone for Good (Feb. 19)
• Active Power, HP Team on Powered Containers (Feb. 11
• Routing Snafu Causes Downtime for Web Hosts (Feb. 16)
• Are Tweets Crashing Web Sites? (Feb. 2)
• A Glimpse Inside Google’s Lenoir Data Center (Feb. 9)
• Ma.gnolia Crashes, Recovery Uncertain (Jan. 30 )
• HVAC Group Says Data Centers Can Be Warmer (Nov. 2)
• Stimulus Includes $3.4 Billion for IT Infrastructure (Feb. 20)

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About Rich Miller

Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.