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Why wouldn't there be some low-skill labor involved? Someone has to physically place the server blades into the racks, install operating systems and necessary
by diminoten 13y ago
Why wouldn't there be some low-skill labor involved? Someone has to physically place the server blades into the racks, install operating systems and necessary libraries, manage raid setups, configure the network, etc. Sure these government orgs have special needs as well, but they don't magically do away with the mundane needs. They are, after all, building a huge data center - someone (or something) is going to have to manage the space.
Sure, Ed Snowden wasn't a low-skill labor IT worker, but I bet when they did an internal audit, they discovered a bunch of low-skill IT workers with more access than they needed, and it was at that point they realized not everyone is doing a job a human has to.
But again, I bet this is going to be more reclassification than it is going to be actually having less warm bodies on the project.
- walshemj 13y agoWell building a secure system for a TLA isn't low skill labor It needs to be built to very high standards googles data centers have poor physical security for example. For this sort of use case you need to trust the people who are building your DC's just as much as your sysadmin with root access. Why do you think the FO in the UK has people whose job is to design and build secure sites and to oversee contractors - to avoid the unfortunate experience of finding bugs in your embassy as the USA has done in the past.
- diminoten 13y agoDesigning? Not low skill. Actually building? Possibly less skilled. Frank Gary doesn't need master carpenters to get his dream created.