There I was. Standing there listening to the hum of hundreds of servers. Below me was a static proof floor. Around me were racks with glowing orange and blue lights. Above me was blackness with hundreds of CAT5e, fiber, and grounding cables. There was a 1.5 megawatt generator, self resetting circuit breakers, and 6 telcos. I think a tear formed in my eye.
I was at the Atlantic.net datacenter in Orlando. We may be moving our data there. It will require the purchase of at least one server, and we have plently laying around for the rest. We got a tour, and it was quite an experience. When you use them, you get a badge where you can walk in, access your rack, and walk out uninterrupted. I told Bobby that when we hosted there, I was going to bring in a chair one day and just sit in front of the rack. When asked what I was doing, I would say, I just wanted to watch. Bobby said that I am truly a geek.
Also, to show off my geekiness, I’ve adjusted Beryl to do another neat trick. When I move from window to window on my desktop, all other windows turn darker and greyer, and the active window is bright. It helps me to focus on the task at hand.
