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Top 10 Data Center Stories for October 2012

Posted By Colleen Miller On November 1, 2012 @ 11:15 am In DCK | No Comments

The preparation and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy’s direct hit on the New York metropolitan area was clearly the focus of the mainstream media in the past few days. Here at Data Center Knowledge we’ve covered the storm’s impact on the data center industry specifically. Obviously, most of our storm coverage got massive traffic, making October 2012 the busiest month ever for traffic to Data Center Knowledge. We look at this as a recognition of the significance and importance of data centers as truly mission critical to telecommunications, government and business activities. Without further ado, we present the most popular stories of the month October 2012, ranked by page views.

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About Colleen Miller [16]

Colleen Miller is a journalist and social media specialist. She has more than 25 years of writing and editing experience, with her most recent work dedicated to the online space. Colleen covers the data center industry, including topics such as modular, cloud and storage/big data.

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[1] Massive Flooding Damages Several NYC Data Centers: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/10/30/major-flooding-nyc-data-centers/

[2] How Google Cools Its Armada of Servers: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/10/17/how-google-cools-its-armada-of-servers/

[3] Diesel ‘Bucket Brigade’ Keeps Peer 1 Online at 75 Broad: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/10/31/peer-1-mobilizes-diesel-bucket-brigade-at-75-broad/

[4] Con Edison Shuts Off Power in Lower Manhattan: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/10/29/con-edison-manhattan-power-shutown/

[5] Microsoft: Northeast Data Centers Brace for Sandy: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/10/29/northeast-data-centers-brace-for-sandy/

[6] Amazon Cloud Outage KOs Reddit, Foursquare & Others: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/10/22/amazon-cloud-outage-affecting-many-sites/

[7] Google Brings You Inside Its Mighty Data Centers: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/10/17/google-reveals-its-data-centers/

[8] Facebook Adapts Open Compute for Colo Space : http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/10/25/facebook-adapts-open-compute-for-colo-space/

[9] Generators Keep NJ Data Centers Humming: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/10/30/generators-keep-nj-data-centers-online/

[10] Titan Debuts as 20-Petaflop Supercomputing Behemoth: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/10/29/titan-debuts-as-20-petaflop-supercomputing-behemoth/

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