So much equipment and money devoted for something as pointless as Facebook. I wish it could go for something cooler and more useful. Something that hasn't been shown in studies to make us feel lonelier.
The last time hey did this it flooded the market with dirt cheap E5-2560s. Are we in for a new updated deal?
I hope some of the old hardware makes it to ebay, but it looks like many of the form factors are proprietary.
How long until Facebook joins the public cloud business with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft?
100 million hours of video played per day. Are people actually watching this video or are they just inflating the number?
I'm disappointed in the "open rack" designs. For a really minor improvement in density they have broken compatibility with standard 19" gear.
One could argue that at FB scale it's worth it, but then MS seems to manage just fine with 19".
It's interesting. If they wanted to, they could compete with the likes of HP, Dell, Lenovo, and Cisco if they could ramp up production to accommodate customers. I wonder who does their manufacturing on the backend.
Is it that cheaper to custom build, if you can't ebay them off at their half life point to recover some of the cost?
When can we start hosting our services with Facebook - similar to aws, gce, etc?
Anyone know what cpus/gpus they use in these?
I really dislike this sort of naming scheme (Bryce Canyon, Honey Badger, Mono Lake, etc)
The names tell you nothing. You can't tell which one came before which, or even what they are. You just have to KNOW that information. A good naming scheme tells you information about the thing named.