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Re: Why the US Government has so many data centers
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () baylink com>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:44:13 +0000 (UTC)
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From: "Lee" <ler762 () gmail com>
On 3/13/16, Sean Donelan wrote:
I doubt anyone really believes that having a server in the room makes it a data center. But if you're the Federal CIO pushing the cloud first policy, this seems like a great bureaucratic maneuver to get the decision making away from the techies that like redundant servers in multiple locations, their managers who's job rating depends on providing reliable services and even the agency CIOs. Check the reporting section of the memo where it says "each agency head shall annually publish a Data Center Consolidation and Optimization Strategic Plan". I dunno, but I'm guessing agency heads are political appointees that aren't going to spend much, if any, time listening to techies whine about how important their servers are & why they can't be consolidated, virtualized or outsourced.
Fine. But when some Armenian script kiddie DDoSing Netflix takes down your TSA terrorist lookup service, and you come to me asking why the plane blew up, I'm going to tell you "because you fucking ignored my written advice on the matter", while I'm packing my desk. In writing. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra () baylink com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
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- Re: Why the US Government has so many data centers Jay R. Ashworth (Mar 22)
- Re: Why the US Government has so many data centers Sean Donelan (Mar 22)
- Re: Why the US Government has so many data centers Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 22)
- Re: Why the US Government has so many data centers George Herbert (Mar 22)
- Re: Why the US Government has so many data centers Sean Donelan (Mar 22)
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