[jstoja]

It raises a lot of questions, like... a ton. 1. Really libre until what? Do you have ANY Libre DataCenterInfrastructureManagement/BuildingManagementSystem that can really be used in production? What about the Chillers/UPS/CRAC/GENsets/... What about the design of the DataCenter ? The access system, badging system, ...? 2. What about networking devices? 3. They provide VPNs/... but what about ISPs/...? 4. If it's they're 1st DC, what about the quality of the designs? The redundancy? ...

> What could go wrong? Everything. From the beginning with how you choose your chillers (a bad choice could easily double your PowerUsageEffectiveness), to the future with how you operate it.

Nonetheless, I find the initiative awesome and I wish you a huge luck and I really hope they'll succeed! The intention is clearly laudable.

P.S.: I work at Etix Everywhere (www.etixeverywhere.com) a company designing, building and operating modular DataCenters around the globe. We're recruiting a lot so don't hesitate to take a look, and help us to build data centers really everywhere!

[walrus]

> Do you have ANY Libre DataCenterInfrastructureManagement/BuildingManagementSystem that can really be used in production?

An open source DCIM that's used in production: https://github.com/digitalocean/netbox

[jstoja]

Indeed, totally forgot this one. And for the BMS? Monitoring the power consumption, temperatures ...

[walrus]

I'm not aware of an open source BMS, sorry. Just wanted to put that out there in case anyone reading the thread was looking for an open source DCIM.