Re: Lab Rat Data Processing, LLC (LabRatMining) Official Announcement
All in all, about what you'd expect from a data centre (or two) built fast and cheap. Wire shelving, box fans, piles of power supply boxes stacked in the corners. Netbooks and network gear strewn about. Reasonably tame snarls of CAT-5 spaghetti. 
What I was surprised by was the electrical stuff, which was all done "correctly" -- conduit for the cables, everything well attached, nothing warm to the touch. Lab_Rat indicated it had all been cleared by the building inspectors, and it looked it.
Not too exciting to look at pictures, but here they are!
grnbrg.
What I was surprised by was the electrical stuff, which was all done "correctly" -- conduit for the cables, everything well attached, nothing warm to the touch. Lab_Rat indicated it had all been cleared by the building inspectors, and it looked it.Not too exciting to look at pictures, but here they are!
grnbrg.
Is it just me... or was anyone else expecting to see a "data center" when looking at these pics? All I see is someone's spare room or even living room? It doesn't really bother me too much as providing it doesn't burn down it will still produce the same hash output... But, calling it a data center makes it seem like it is in a building designed for computers with racks, secure access (theft resistance?), fire suppressant systems, proper power backups, resilient internet connections, all humidity and climate controlled... you get the idea.
To me it just looks like a decent setup in someone's house, flat or apartment. (I like the giant fans behind each wire rack!, were they turned on? Or just there in case of air-con failure?)