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Should Servers Come With Batteries?
November 27th, 2009 : Rich MillerWill the data center of the future have no central UPS units, and be filled with servers with on-board batteries? The data center team at Facebook believes it should. Read More
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Facebook Follows Google to Data Center Savings
November 27th, 2009 : Rich Miller[caption id="attachment_18889" align="aligncenter" width="470" caption="A graphic of the new data center power distribution system being implemented at Facebook, which replaces a central UPS with a battery built into the power supply."]
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Facebook is stepping up its efforts to make its data centers cheaper and more efficient, and is following in the footsteps of Google in several of its key initiatives. Facebook says it's streamlining its servers, and also plans to adopt a novel power distribution design pioneered by Google.
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Roundup: Force 10 Networks, Avocent, Facebook
November 23rd, 2009 : John RathA roundup of news from Interop, including announcements from Force 10 Networks, AFORE Solutions, Sun Microsystems and Avocent. Also, new data and news on social networks Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. Read More
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Facebook Goes Green with New Data Centers
November 5th, 2009 : Rich MillerFacebook has expanded its data center space for the fourth time this year. The social network's breakout growth is turning out to be an economic stimulus plan for data center landlords. And its infrastructure isn't just getting bigger, it's getting greener. Read More
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Facebook's Spooktacular Scaling for Halloween
October 30th, 2009 : Rich MillerHalloween has become the Super Bowl for online photo storage, and one of the busiest days of the year for Facebook, which sees daily spikes of more than double its normal photo uploads. Read More
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Facebook’s Spooktacular Scaling for Halloween
October 30th, 2009 : Rich MillerHalloween has become the Super Bowl for online photo storage, and one of the busiest days of the year for Facebook, which sees daily spikes of more than double its normal photo uploads. Read More
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Facebook Now Has 30,000 Servers
October 13th, 2009 : Rich MillerFacebook now has about 30,000 servers supporting its operations, hosts 80 billion photos, and serves up more than 600,000 photos to its users every second. Read More
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Facebook, Google Ready for Faster Ethernet
September 25th, 2009 : John RathEngineers from Facebook and Google made the case for faster Ethernet networks - definitely 100-Gigabit Ethernet, and perhaps even Terabit Ethernet - at an Ethernet Alliance seminar last week. Read More
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How Facebook Serves Up 300 Million Users
September 16th, 2009 : Rich MillerIt takes a lot of infrastructure to support 300 million users. Here's a look at how Facebook does it. Read More
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