A long time ago, WANOPS put a couple racks of machines in the parking lot of the (former) Building 11 on Microsoft Campus. We had a lower failure rate across t

A long time ago, WANOPS put a couple racks of machines in the parking lot of the (former) Building 11 on Microsoft Campus. We had a lower failure rate across the board, for all components. I think the only protection that was in place was some blue tarps and a chain link fence. I can't find a public reference, sorry.