The Lights-Out Data Centre
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The Lights-Out Data Centre
A lights-out data centre is a fullyautomated facility that requires no onsite staff and little to no remote oversight . The term was coined by a science fiction author ( probably best-known for Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep ? and The Man in the High Castle ) Philip K . Dick . In his 1955 story , Autofac , Dick writes of automated factories , and machines making machines . The idea of a lights-out facility has grown more and more prominent - particularly in the manufacturing sector - over the past few decades and could soon make another leap , just as it did from science fiction to flashy prototype , to the accepted norm in the modern data centre . infrastructure , automation can really help them to thrive ,” he enthuses . “ At IBM we ’ ve found that , in a typical IT environment , AI based operations automation can reduce the response to events and incidents significantly in the data centre , for example from five hours to 15 minutes and from 10 persons involved to only one .” Successfully integrating automation and AI into more and more aspects of a modern data centre “ is not without its challenges ,” Harrer adds . But , “ once these challenges are overcome , businesses will start to reap the benefits from data centre automation ,”
48 June 2021