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For some context: “SBG1, the first Strasbourg data center, consisting of twelve containers, came online in 2012. The 12 containers had a capacity of 12,000 ser
by akamaka 6y ago
For some context:
“SBG1, the first Strasbourg data center, consisting of twelve containers, came online in 2012. The 12 containers had a capacity of 12,000 servers.
SBG2 is a non-container data center in 2016 using its “Tower” design with a capacity of 30,000 servers.
SBG3 tower was built in 2017 with a capacity of 30,000 servers.
SBG4 was built in 2013 as several containers to augment capacity, but was decommissioned in 2018 and moved to SB3”
https://baxtel.com/data-center/ovh-strasbourg-campus https://baxtel.com/data-center/ovh-strasbourg-campus
- Scoundreller 6y agoand a 2017 (!) article where they were planning to remove 1 and 2 because of power issues! > OVH to Disassemble Container Data Centers after Epic Outage in Europe > “This is probably the worst-case scenario that could have happened to us.” > OVH [...] is planning to shut down and disassemble two of the three data centers on its campus in Strasbourg, France, following a power outage that brought down the entire campus Friday, causing prolonged disruption to customer applications that lasted throughout the day and well into the evening. https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/uptime/ovh-disassemble-container-data-centers-after-epic-outage-europe https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/uptime/ovh-disassemble-c...
- Macha 6y agoIt sounds like the plan was to shutdown 1 and 4, the latter of which happened and the former which did not.
- Scoundreller 6y agoIt’s confusing as they say they’re shutting down 2 of the 3, but then there’s 4...