Earlier quoted context omitted.
that was really funny
Make sure to read the first few YouTube comments for the full humor
Best comment IMO
> Even soullsess machine cant work properly when it`s being shouted at
Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video]
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Re: Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video]
#62This reminds me of an old favourite video, also in a Data Centre, also low-tier virality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeFtwtvy4Wc
Any other Data Centre classics I should watch?
Re: Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video]
#63Fus ro data loss!
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Re: Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video]
#64FWIW I did a "making of" video soon after, in 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMPozJFC8g0 . Only bit I missed discussing there was that I did try to download freeware frequency generators wondering if there was some "rust note" of HDD harmonics, but those I downloaded didn't work and out of frustration I decided to start yelling instead.
Thanks for sharing!
Re: Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video]
#65I wouldn't want to spend too much time in there without ear protection! Is it common for data centers to be this loud?
It varies. Once I've been at a customer's data center with raised floors some ten years ago. It felt like an hurricane when you removed one of the tiles. Loud and cold (ear protection and wind breaker mandatory). Hard to communicate there, harder still to think. Not a nice place to be. Keep it in mind when choosing your career.
I got a "3M Peltor X5A" a couple years back as a "thinking cap": put on to think in thought-hostile environments.
Works like a charm. Probably best 30 bucks I ever spent.
For comms use a wind-proof mic on a headset boom and earphones under the X5A.
Re: Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video]
#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
HN readers may also recognize Byran Cantrill from his famous rant about Oracle, which is frequently cited here: https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?t=1980
I have trained myself so that every time I see "Oracle", I mentally translate it as "Larry Ellison needs a bigger yacht".
I keep picturing Larry pushing a lawn mower.
Re: Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video]
#67There's an interesting little paper 'Acoustic Denial of Service Attacks on HDDs' where they use a function generator to find resonant frequencies which cause issues with spinning disks
Janet Jackson's song Rhythm Nation caused certain 5400 rpm HDD's in laptops to crash:
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20220816-00/?p=10...
Re: Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video]
#68In case anyone needs to know, the shouter in question is none other than Brendan Gregg (of flame graph, eBPF, and Systems Performance fame). And the guy who took the video is Bryan Cantrill of Oxide Computer, DTrace, and Joyent.
HN readers may also recognize Byran Cantrill from his famous rant about Oracle, which is frequently cited here: https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?t=1980
I hope to one day have the terrible misfortune of being acquired by Oracle.
Re: Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video]
#69Years ago someone had an idea to put electron microscope in a basement of a uni building next to a busy, city-center street in Cracow, Poland, only to be able to use it during nights due to unstable images. Fun times.
Re: Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video]
#70In case anyone needs to know, the shouter in question is none other than Brendan Gregg (of flame graph, eBPF, and Systems Performance fame). And the guy who took the video is Bryan Cantrill of Oxide Computer, DTrace, and Joyent.
HN readers may also recognize Byran Cantrill from his famous rant about Oracle, which is frequently cited here: https://youtu.be/-zRN7XLCRhc?t=1980
Brilliant. Thanks.