Datacenter

[mikeshn]

What is datacenter? Does it isa bunch of servers connected tegether?
Thanks

 

[JackMDS]

Windows 2000 Datacenter.

 

[Lanyap]

A Data Center (AKA Data Processing Center or DPC) is normally a relatively large room in a building that contains computer related hardware such as servers, mainframes and network hardware. The floors are raised and the environment is strictly controlled (e.g. tempurature runs ~68 degrees). Most large companies either have one or more Data Centers or they contract out the Data Center work. Techs who work in Data Center Operations, like myself, keep everything running so that companies can do business.

 

[Garion]

Microsoft has taken the term and made it their own, of course. They refer to their high-CPU, high-RAM version of 2K as "datacenter".

A data center is, in short, a computer room. The word Data Center typically refers to a larger computer room, at least a couple of thousand square feet. They usually have a raised floor (for cooling purposes and to run cables, if your city permit codes allow it). Generally, a data center is backed up by a large-scale UPS (50+X the size of your average little APC UPS) for power protection and that's often backed up by a generator. Also included are large-scale AC systems and all kinds of fancy electrical (PDU's, etc.) Data centers are fun stuff to design and built.

Then again.. Any computer room can really be called a data center, but a 200SF closet with a coupla servers and a switch doesn't really cut it, IMHO.

- G