[ale] Datacenter on a truck

[Scott Castaline]

Jeff Lightner wrote:
>
> That was udderly ridiculous…
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> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *Sid Lane
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:59 PM
> *To:* ale at ale.org
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] Datacenter on a truck
>
> when I worked for a cellular carrier in the 90s there emerged one of 
> the funnier acyronyms I've come across in my career: the "COW", or 
> Cell(site) on Wheels, which was devised as a "quick strike" response 
> weapon against the wireless industry's archnemesis, the NIMBY, or "not 
> in my backyard!!!" (you know, those nice folk who complain when their 
> .6w handset drops a call but show up at zoning meetings w/torches & 
> pitchforks if you try to build a cellsite within 5 miles of their house).
>
> anyway, the advent of the "COW" led to all kinds of horrific puns to 
> describe legitimate, COW-related transactions:
>
> the "cowboys" - engineers/techs who delivered/setup & worked on the things
> the "corral" - where the undeployed COWs were kept
> the "cattle drive" - deploying multiple COWs for a special event (golf 
> tournament, 96 Olympics, etc).
> the "moo-nine" - the capital request form (technically M00-9) regions 
> had to submit before buying COWs (ironically the M00-9 predated the 
> COW by several years)
>
> and those are just the ones I remember... :D
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> 2008/7/30 Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com <mailto:jim.kinney at gmail.com>>
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> http://www.rackablesystems.com/products/icecube.aspx?nid=datacenter_0
>
> In case anyone has a need for 22,400 cores and 7.1 PB storage all 
> squished into a 40' shipping container...
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> James P. Kinney III
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Well you don't have to have a cow over it!