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> But if you're building an entire data centre, a sub-$1000 GPS-controlled clock is barely noticeable. Dumb personal and useless anecdote: one of those applian
by rkomorn 1y ago
> But if you're building an entire data centre, a sub-$1000 GPS-controlled clock is barely noticeable.
Dumb personal and useless anecdote: one of those appliances made my life more difficult for months (at a FAANG company that built its own data centers, no less) for the nearly comical reason that we needed to move it but somehow couldn't rewire the GPS antenna, and the delays kept retriggering alerting that we kept disabling until the expecte "it'll be moved by then" time.
So, I guess to make the anecdote more useful: if you're gonna get one, make sure it doesn't hamstring you with wires...
- michaelt 1y agoThe secret, I'm told, is to make friends with the CCTV/access control team. They always know the paperwork and contractors needed to get a guy on a cherrypicker drilling holes and installing data cables without upsetting the building owners.