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Friday, August 29th, 2008
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I wonder what the people at the grocery store thought when staff member Matt Merner purchased more than twenty cans of shaving cream. I suspect they guessed he was planning some sort of late night pranks.
That would be an incorrect ...
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
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Obviously, an ISP doesn't function without electricity, so we've got big investments in redundant power here.
A datacenter power system consists of multiple inputs which are arbitrated by a transfer switch, and multiple loads such as UPS systems and air conditioners (CRACs).
The primary input is PG&E, and the ...
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
If you think of a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) as just a small box that sits under your desk, you have got to see the monsters we use in the datacenter.
Sonic.net took delivery today of the first two boxes that make up the UPS portion of our new 500KVA Mitsubishi ...
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
At the Sonoma County Board of Supervisor's meeting this last Tuesday, Sonic.net received certification under the Sonoma Green Business Program.
Of course, Sonic.net's business processes and facilities utilize best common practices. This means recycling, minimized use of paper, low flow fixtures, etc.
But, our big green effort is a massive update ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
For some time, Sonic.net has been working to decrease our environmental impact and our utility costs. Our datacenter here houses a large number of servers and a lot of networking equipment in order to serve the needs of our customers. Reducing our impact and energy use is very ...
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