• eBay Shifts to Water-Cooled Doors to Tame High-Density Loads

  As power density changes, so does the math driving investments in cooling. An eBay project in Phoenix illustrates the tradeoffs in space, power and density as data center operates seek to optimize the cost of computing power. Read More

• The data analytics handbook

  A free book based on interviews with data scientists, data analysts, researchers. Available here . Original title and link: The data analytics handbook ( NoSQL database ©myNoSQL)

• Your Operations Guide for Maximum Data Center Reliability

  Find out what it takes to keep your data center, up, running and reliable, all the time. Read More

• Switching to systemd on Debian jessie

  It seems like everyone is embracing systemd these days. It's been in Fedora since 2011 and it's already in the RHEL 7 release candidate. Arch Linux and Gentoo have it as well. Debian got on board with the jessie release (which is currently in testing). Switching from old SysVinit to systemd…

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• The Costs and Benefits of a Unit Testing Culture

  Mike Bland moves on to the third installment of his article on Goto Fail, Heartbleed, and Unit Testing Culture . Here he looks at the significant costs of installing a unit testing culture and compares them to the benefits you gain by doing it - benefits that go beyond just reducing the chances of…

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• CenturyLink Launches Minnesota Data Center

  Brings 1.2MW facility, built by Compass, to emerging data center market Read More

• Data Storage Location: Four Things to Consider

  Deciding where to house corporate data requires an understanding of the relevant laws across countries, as well as a thorough risk analysis, writes John Landry of Intralinks. Read More

• MMS and the state of backups in MongoDB land

  MMS and the state of backups in MongoDB land : So just to be clear, if you are doing it yourself, you are probably settlingfor something other than a consistent snapshot. Even then, it's not simple. I'm always fascinated by companies introducing products by calling out how shitty and…

• Among Major Tech Companies, Snapchat, AT&T and Comcast Do the Least to Protect User Data

  Transparency reports have become a new standard in the tech industry, according to an Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) report. The fourth annual "Who Has Your Back" report shows that 20 out of 26 top technology companies published transparency reports. Read More