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Old 03-22-2007, 12:31 PM
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Below are pictures of our new data center facility in Dearborn, Michigan. Sorry it's taken so long to get these up, we've been hard at work in transitioning our equipment to this new facility with minimal downtime/issues.


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^^ Co-location cabinets ^^

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^^ Co-location cabinets with one of our Liebert HVAC units in the background ^^

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^^ Our 300kw Cummins diesel backup generator ^^

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^^ One of our twin Liebert 30 ton high volume air conditioning (HVAC) units ^^

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^^ One of our twin Liebert power distribution units (PDUs) ^^

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^^ Our Liebert inline surge suppression system attached to the main 480v input power feed. ^^

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^^ Our Liebert 100kVA uninterruptable power supply (UPS) backup battery system ^^

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^^ Our Onan transfer switch that brokers power between the Detroit Edison feed and our generator ^^
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Old 03-22-2007, 09:41 PM
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Your insurance preimums must be absolutely insane.
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Old 03-22-2007, 11:01 PM
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You had to punch me in my sore spot . Insurance is a necessary evil and yep, it is neither fun nor pretty.

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Old 03-22-2007, 11:20 PM
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You had to punch me in my sore spot . Insurance is a necessary evil and yep, it is neither fun nor pretty.

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Well, its got to be worth it considering you don't have to shell out to other data center operators and you get to play with all that sweet stuff
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Old 03-22-2007, 11:44 PM
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Old 03-23-2007, 02:29 PM
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Thanks Chris!
Now I can demonstrate the servers aren't in someones garage like one person asked me lol.
Congrats on the expansion! I like to see nexcess become successful, you deserve to.
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Old 03-23-2007, 03:09 PM
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If you're interested in the other vital facility stats we do now have a section dedicated to it as well: http://www.nexcess.net/company/facility/

I'll be posting more pics / details soon as well.

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Old 03-23-2007, 04:04 PM
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I thought I'd post some actual server pics as well for those who were curious.


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^^ A (mostly) full rack of servers ^^

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^^ Some of those boxes close up (see if you can spot the one your site is on ) ^^

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^^ The rear of a few racks (we try to keep things neat so excuse the 1 or 2 wires hanging in the pic) ^^


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Old 03-23-2007, 07:43 PM
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Hey... Nice rack!

I see v8juice! Woo!
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Old 03-31-2007, 12:34 AM
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Droooool. In someones garage. LOL! Nice datacenter guys. Blows the doors off our NOSC out here in Hickam AFB.

Wait a minute? You guys offer colo too now?
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Old 03-31-2007, 12:38 AM
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We started in Chris's garage!! haha... yep, we offer dedicated servers, shared hosting, colocation...the works! (just not on our websites yet haha)
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Old 03-31-2007, 03:16 PM
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Greg...which of those floor panels do you pull up to access your sleeping area?

I actually toured the garage facility several times and also toured the new place last October.

The new place is much nicer.
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Old 03-31-2007, 03:22 PM
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If you look in the 4th pic down on the very left, you'll notice some of the bricks are different colors from the rest. Just outside of the picture to the left, there's a hidden lever I pull on and those miscolored bricks open up batcave-entrance style to reveal my bunk.
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Old 03-31-2007, 07:57 PM
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Got an idea...

Years ago my wife visited the Lily Pharmaceutical headquarters in Indianapolis. The group she was with was led into a room with a big white wall. At the flip of a switch the wall turned clear revealing a Cray Supercomputer being bathed in a fountain of greenish-yellow coolant.

Why don't ya'll get something like that?
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Old 03-31-2007, 09:36 PM
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Funny you should mention it..that was our next step...
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