In my career, data centers have evolved from show places where tape operators mount tapes in wing-tip shoes or high heels to industrial processes where one wears shorts and t-shirts when working in the hot aisle.

Let me assure you that most of the data centers in the world are not that colorful.

Thanks for sharing, Mike.

"Let me assure you that most of the data centers in the world are not that colorful."

But a lot of boiler rooms and power houses are. The pipe colour scheme isn't really about the "don't worry, be happy" feeling you get when looking at it. It's an actual colour code which is used to identify the pipe work. Somewhere on some wall they will have a colour code chart which identifies the use of each colour.

example
Blue = cold water out, east side
Red = warm water return, west side
Green.....

Imagine if all that pipe work was a single colour and you had to trace back a problem somewhere.... good luck!

Whoever wrote the narrative for that has the educational equivalence of an average ninth-grader.

musicvid, it had pretty pictures :)

Mike

Why so critical??
Maybe he/she is a ninth-grader.
Who ever it was, I thank them for the photos and the time. I'm a bit more educated today than I was yesterday because of it.

I did have to laugh at the LED comment though. When's the last time anyone saw an illuminated indicator on a computer that wasn't an LED? 20 years? Maybe 25?

My old Technics integrated amplifier has a little incandescent light bulb on the front panel to show when it's kicked over from Class A to Class AA operation. It's been on probably 80 hours a week for 32 years, and it just burned out last year. That's pretty long lasting! I've had LEDs burn out sooner than that.

and when they blow up the large data caenters, google has backups on floating barges that no one knows about.... except the world now

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/30/coast-guard-visits-mysterious-google-barge/3318347/

My old Technics integrated amplifier has a little incandescent light bulb on the front panel to show when it's kicked over from Class A to Class AA operation. It's been on probably 80 hours a week for 32 years, and it just burned out last year. That's pretty long lasting! I've had LEDs burn out sooner than that.

It may have been a 12v bulb that was running on 6v (or something similar) a common technique for making blubs last longer when you do not need "normal" brightness.

" common technique for making blubs last longer when you do not need "normal" brightness."

I just love long-lasting blubs! ;-)