數(shù)據(jù)中心也瘋狂

西納 2012-08-17

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AOL just shrunk the computer data center to the size of Porta-Potty.

AOL是面向美國國內(nèi)客戶，提供線上網(wǎng)絡加值服務的公司（American On Line），其數(shù)據(jù)中心確便捷輕巧。

As revealed by AOL data center guru Mike Manos, this “Micro Data Center” is designed to instantly give the company added computing power wherever it’s needed. In his blog post, Manos showed off a prototype of this contraption sitting in the middle of an empty field behind an AOL building in Dulles, Virginia.

AOL數(shù)據(jù)中心負責人麥克.馬諾斯說，設計這些“微型數(shù)據(jù)中心”的初衷很簡單，就是必要之時，為客戶提供足夠的運算能力。博客上，馬諾斯還例舉了位于弗吉尼亞的杜勒斯AOL中心后曠野上的“微型數(shù)據(jù)中心”。

The creation is part of an AOL project dubbed “Nibiru,” after a “mythical planet that is said to cross into our solar system and wreak havoc and bring about great change.” The aim, Manos says, is to deploy this Micro Data Center anywhere, regardless of temperature or humidity, and include all of the tools needed to oversee them from afar.

AOL項目還被稱為“尼布魯”項目，即“神秘行星將會進入太陽系，摧毀一切，從而引發(fā)巨變。”馬諾斯說，該項目要在世界各地設置微型數(shù)據(jù)中心，無論何種溫濕度，且每個數(shù)據(jù)中心設有全套的遠程監(jiān)控設備。

“Out on a lonely slab of concrete in the back of one of the buildings our future has taken shape,” writes Manos, who once oversaw data-center operations at Microsoft. “The inherent flexibility of the design allows us a greater number of places around the planet where we can deploy capacity, and that is pretty revolutionary. We are no longer tied to traditional data-center facilities or co-location markets.”

“一塊碩大的集成板背面，建筑物林立，這就是未來的發(fā)展的思路，愈來愈明顯，”馬諾斯寫道，他曾實地參觀過微軟數(shù)據(jù)中心。“靈動的設計，足以滿足世界上任何一個角落的需要，創(chuàng)意十分大膽。完全脫離了傳統(tǒng)數(shù)據(jù)中心設備及主機代管的限制。”

Manos may wreak his own brand of havoc on the data-center world, but he has a long way to go if he wants to match the world’s most creative efforts to reinvent data-center design (see images above).

馬諾斯對世界品牌的數(shù)據(jù)中心似乎略有微詞，但他的設計還無法與這些設計極具創(chuàng)意的數(shù)據(jù)中心相匹敵(見上圖)。

Almost decade ago, inspired by the Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive, Google started packing server and networking gear into shipping containers, and in building its data centers, it would piece these containers together like Legos. This spawned a kind of modular data center craze, with eBay going to far as to put its data centers on the roof of its scorching hot data center in Arizona.

十年前，受布魯斯特.卡利及“互聯(lián)網(wǎng)檔案館”啟發(fā)，谷歌開始將其服務器和網(wǎng)絡工具安裝到一個個集裝箱內(nèi)，每一個集裝箱就是一個數(shù)據(jù)中心，還可以像玩樂高玩具一樣，把這些集裝箱堆疊在一起。由此引發(fā)了一場“模擬數(shù)據(jù)中心”的熱潮，eBay走的更遠，位于亞利桑那州的數(shù)據(jù)中心甚至就在熾熱的屋頂上。

Then, in 2010, Google reincarnated a dead paper mill as a data center. And it has long used recycled toilet water to cool its facility in Douglas County, Georgia. But that’s small peanuts.

2010年，谷歌將一家荒廢的造紙廠廢物利用，作為其數(shù)據(jù)中心。該數(shù)據(jù)中心位于喬治亞道格拉斯郡，通過衛(wèi)生間的水循環(huán)再利用而實現(xiàn)設備的冷卻。但實際上，這點冷卻作用應該微乎其微。

The search giant owns a patent on a kind of data center navy that can float to the rescue when disaster strikes, and others have proposed similar ideas. A company called Blueseed, for instance, wants to build a floating IT fortress in order sidestep U.S. immigration laws in building the startups of the future.

搜索巨頭谷歌甚至擁有數(shù)據(jù)中心海軍專利，一旦遭受重大變故，該數(shù)據(jù)中心將自動浮出水面，實現(xiàn)自救，其它的想法幾乎雷同。“藍色種子”公司，為了規(guī)避美國移民法案，保證不受災難影響，甚至構想了一座水上IT堡壘。

Meanwhile, the Barcelona Supercomputer Center sits inside a cathedral. It has to be world’s most beautiful data center. And a Swedish ISP called Bahnhof has built a data center inside a James-Bond-villain-esque bunker carved into the side of Stockholm’s White Mountain. This super secure facility is where the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks houses its servers — or at least some of them.

巴塞羅那巨型計算機中心就坐落于教堂內(nèi)。這應該是世界上最漂亮的數(shù)據(jù)中心。瑞士網(wǎng)絡服務器供應商“班霍夫公司”的數(shù)據(jù)中心更是異想天開，向詹姆斯.邦德的對手一樣，建立在斯德哥爾摩白山的山洞內(nèi)。這個隱蔽的數(shù)據(jù)中心內(nèi)就有一些揭秘網(wǎng)站的服務器如：維基解密等。

In Scandinavia, they like the buried-data-center idea. It’s one way of keeping servers cool. In Norway, the government has worked with IBM to build a data center inside an abandoned olivine mine, billed as the world’s largest.

斯堪的納維亞地區(qū)的數(shù)據(jù)中心常常被深埋于地下，以便于服務器冷卻。挪威政府和IBM 公司合作開發(fā)利用了廢棄的橄欖石礦，在此設置數(shù)據(jù)中心，據(jù)說該數(shù)據(jù)中心是目前為止，世界上規(guī)模最大的數(shù)據(jù)中心。

But some think on a higher level. Rogue file-sharing site The Pirate Bay wants to put its servers in the sky, attaching them to flying drones so it can elude law enforcement. And the Oregon-based Server Sky wants to build data centers in space — and power them with the sun.

有些觀點更為天馬行空。流氓文件共享網(wǎng)站“海盜港灣”想要將其服務器安裝到無人駕駛的飛機上，從而逃脫法律制裁。位于俄勒岡的天空服務器籌劃著在太空建立其數(shù)據(jù)中心建設，靠太陽能提供動力支持。

“Integrating power generation and computing in space can greatly reduce the materials and manufacturing needed to deploy and power a data center,” Keith Lofstrom, Server Sky’s director, tellsWired. “Delivering computation from space, Server Sky can focus on cities, villages, even small companies poised for rapid growth, without having to deploy and maintain nationwide communication and electricity infrastructure.”

“將發(fā)電裝置和計算機設置到太空，可以最大限度的節(jié)約原材料，方便配置，實現(xiàn)數(shù)據(jù)中心自給自足，”天空服務器負責人Keith Lofstrom對連線記者說。“通過將服務器送到太空，天空服務器就可以服務任何城市，任何鄉(xiāng)村甚至是任何想要快速發(fā)展網(wǎng)絡的小公司，還不需要在全國范圍內(nèi)，配置通訊設備和電力設施，更不需要支付巨額的常規(guī)保養(yǎng)費用。”

Your move, Manos.

你做主，馬諾斯

AOL has dropped its "Micro Data Center" into a field behind its Virginia headquarters. But the online outfit wants to put the thing ... everywhere. Image: AOL

位于弗吉尼亞的總部后面的AOL“迷你數(shù)據(jù)中心”被放置到曠野上，以保證該網(wǎng)站暢通無阻。圖片：AOL

eBay cooks its data center modules in the Arizona sun. Image: Green Grid

亞利桑那州的EBay 數(shù)據(jù)中心就在列日下。圖片：綠色網(wǎng)格聯(lián)盟

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center is a cathedral. Literally. Image: Barcelona Supercomputing Center

巴塞羅那超級計算機中心在大教堂內(nèi)。圖片：巴塞羅那超級計算機中心

London's Interxion has built sleeping pods into a data center that will help drive the Olympics. Keeping a data center going is a fulltime job -- especially when the Games arrive. Photo: Interxion

倫敦的“Interxion”為了保證奧利匹克運動會全程順利轉播，在數(shù)據(jù)中心內(nèi)，建造了睡眠太空艙。保證數(shù)據(jù)中心24小時運轉，對于奧運會而言，數(shù)據(jù)中心連續(xù)運轉更為重要。圖片：Interxion

Whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks is hosted in a Bahnhof data center deep inside a bunker carved into the White Mountains of Sweden. Image: Bahnhof

位于瑞典白山的山洞內(nèi)的班霍夫數(shù)據(jù)中心就寄存著解密網(wǎng)站“維基解密”的服務器。圖片：班霍夫數(shù)據(jù)中心

Leafdal Mine claims it's one of the world's most efficient datacenters. (Image: Lefdal/YouTube Screengrab)

Leafdal稱說是世界上最高效的數(shù)據(jù)中心。(圖片：Lefdal/YouTube Screengrab)

To build its data center on the southern coast of Finland, Google reincarnated a dead paper mill. Image: Google

為了在芬蘭南海岸建立數(shù)據(jù)中心，谷歌啟用了一家廢棄的造紙廠。圖片：谷歌

In Georgia, Google cools its data center with recycled toilet water. (Image: epSos.de/Flickr)

在喬治亞州，谷歌靠廁所循環(huán)用水來冷卻數(shù)據(jù)中心。(圖片：epSos.de/Flickr)

Google owns a patent on a kind of data-center navy. Image: Google Patent US7525207

谷歌私有的數(shù)據(jù)中心海軍的專利。圖片：谷歌專利US7525207

Blueseed – one of Peter Thiel's myriad investments – envisions a floating IT fortress immune from U.S. immigration law. Image: Blueseed

即規(guī)避了美國移民法案，又可漂浮IT堡壘，來自“藍色種子”公司的彼得.泰勒的大膽構想。圖片：“藍色種子”公司

Rogue file-sharing site The Pirate Bay plans to put its servers on flying drones so that law enforcement can't shut them down without shooting them down. (Image: Ars Electronica/Flickr)

流氓文件共享網(wǎng)站“海盜港灣”計劃將其服務器放到無人駕駛的飛機上，執(zhí)法機構不擊落飛機，就不能停止服務器。(圖片：奧地利電子藝術節(jié)/Flickr網(wǎng)絡相冊)