Microsoft are looking at putting datacenters under the ocean, which sounds like a really good idea to cool them but I can’t help but think a couple decades from now it’s going to start causing us problems

    • lorgo_numputz@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      The container is regarded as a single unit; if a server inside the container fails the functions of that server are offloaded to another available server and it is taken out of service.

      Once enough servers in a container are offline the entire unit has all computational load offloaded to another, identical container with sufficient capacity.

      Then the now-offline unit is retrieved and serviced; probably a ground-up rebuild of all components.

      … but I do like the idea of some dude in a wetsuit trying to replace a memory stick.

    • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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      No one does maintenance on the server farms. It costs more money to send someone in than to let the parts slowly die until the farm no longer is economically viable. Once that happens, you sell the whole farm to a recycler.