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January 6th, 2014, 06:51
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A solar array takes advantage of Prinveville's 300 days of sunshine per year just beyond the gates. http://readwrite.com/files/32-IMG_0212-001.JPG
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One of Facebook's "hot" servers. By design, a technician can repair any part of these lightweight units within two minutes, no downtime necessary.
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The elegant, simple design of this platform server was born out of Facebook's Open Compute Project.
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A warm air corridor whisks heat away from the servers.
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The cooling "penthouse" is actually part of the roof, designed explicitly to put the high desert's cool air to good use.
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Outside air directed into the data center goes through extensive filtering, making it both cool and clean.
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Special louvers naturally direct cool air into the server room.
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Outside on the roof, a faulty backup generator spins up for a test (and it's really, really loud).
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A labeled corridor of server racks points technicians in the right direction.
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A rack of Facebook's new cold storage servers, already storing users' older Facebook photos. The design is tailored to data that is less "hot", meaning it isn't accessed nearly as often as something like the News Feed or Profile page.
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The cold storage racks are few and far between now, but Facebook expects to fill a cavernous hall with them by 2017.
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The cold storage design, like many of the data center's innovations, is an iteration of an Open Compute project.
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Two Wal-Mart supercenters would fit inside each of Prineville's data centers. Hence, scooters.
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A solar array takes advantage of Prinveville's 300 days of sunshine per year just beyond the gates. http://readwrite.com/files/32-IMG_0212-001.JPG
http://readwrite.com/files/02-IMG_9919-001_0.JPG
One of Facebook's "hot" servers. By design, a technician can repair any part of these lightweight units within two minutes, no downtime necessary.
http://readwrite.com/files/01-IMG_9923-001.JPG
http://readwrite.com/files/05-IMG_9947-001.JPG
The elegant, simple design of this platform server was born out of Facebook's Open Compute Project.
http://readwrite.com/files/06-IMG_9956-001.JPG
http://readwrite.com/files/07-IMG_9961-001.JPG
A warm air corridor whisks heat away from the servers.
http://readwrite.com/files/08-IMG_9965.JPG
http://readwrite.com/files/09-IMG_9966.JPG
The cooling "penthouse" is actually part of the roof, designed explicitly to put the high desert's cool air to good use.
http://readwrite.com/files/10-IMG_9995-001.JPG
Outside air directed into the data center goes through extensive filtering, making it both cool and clean.
http://readwrite.com/files/11-IMG_0008-001.JPG
http://readwrite.com/files/12-IMG_0014-001.JPG
Special louvers naturally direct cool air into the server room.
http://readwrite.com/files/14-IMG_0042-001.JPG
http://readwrite.com/files/16-IMG_0058.JPG
Outside on the roof, a faulty backup generator spins up for a test (and it's really, really loud).
http://readwrite.com/files/19-IMG_0082-001.JPG
http://readwrite.com/files/20-IMG_0083-001.JPG
http://readwrite.com/files/17-IMG_0070-001.JPG
A labeled corridor of server racks points technicians in the right direction.
http://readwrite.com/files/18-IMG_0075-001.JPG
http://readwrite.com/files/24-IMG_0136-001.JPG
A rack of Facebook's new cold storage servers, already storing users' older Facebook photos. The design is tailored to data that is less "hot", meaning it isn't accessed nearly as often as something like the News Feed or Profile page.
http://readwrite.com/files/22-IMG_0126-001.JPG
The cold storage racks are few and far between now, but Facebook expects to fill a cavernous hall with them by 2017.
http://readwrite.com/files/25-IMG_0144-001.JPG
http://readwrite.com/files/21-IMG_0097-001.JPG
The cold storage design, like many of the data center's innovations, is an iteration of an Open Compute project.
http://readwrite.com/files/23-IMG_0146-001.JPG
http://readwrite.com/files/26-IMG_0155-001.JPG
Two Wal-Mart supercenters would fit inside each of Prineville's data centers. Hence, scooters.
http://readwrite.com/files/27-IMG_0157-001.JPG
http://readwrite.com/files/28-IMG_0176.JPG
http://readwrite.com/files/29-IMG_0182-001.JPG