The Power of Bothell Data Services teaming up with the Knowledge of Kanobe to bring you Seattle’s Premier Data Center!
We decided to take some pics of the team when the first glimpse of sun hit late Wed afternoon! I hope the sun stays with us… Let us keep our fingers crossed 
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Each time a new version of Windows is released, many computer users find that their hardware is suddenly outdated. For cash-strapped schools, upgrading to the latest hardware with each major software release is simply impossible. A New York startup called NeverWare is offering a possible solution—a server that lets even decade-old PCs upgrade to the latest Windows 7 operating system.
Once NeverWare’s server, called the JuiceBox a100, is added to a school’s existing computer network , it does the hard work of running the latest operating systems for numerous aging computers on the same network. To users of those old computers, it will feel as if the PCs are running the latest version of Windows, when in fact they are accessing it over the network. Their typing and mouse commands are sent to the software on the server, and the imagery for their display is sent back.
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Apple has introduced the first implementation of Intel’s new Thunderbolt technology for high speed communications, aimed at providing a very fast new data connection for mobile professionals.
Intel confirmed in a press release that Thunderbolt, “formerly codenamed ‘Light Peak,’” is an “Intel-developed technology” that is “coming to market through a technical collaboration with Apple, and is available first on Apple’s new line of MacBook Pro laptop computers.”
The new specification accommodates faster, simpler connections between devices, acting as a next generation FireWire but with speeds of up to 10Gbps, which Intel points out is fast enough to transfer a full length, HD movie in less than 30 seconds or to backup an MP3 collection large enough to play nonstop for a year in just ten minutes.
That’s 12 times faster than FireWire 800, and 20 times faster than USB 2.0. It’s even twice as fast as Intel’s USB 3.0 specification, which Apple hasn’t adopted yet. Unlike just an upgrade to USB, however, Thunderbolt delivers the ability to daisy-chain multiple devices without using a hub.
New MacBook Pros support six devices, such as one display and five separate peripherals, turning the professional notebooks into flexible, high powered workstations for video editors and other professionals just as Apple gets ready to release its new edition of Final Cut Pro.
I often have conversations with people who have no idea how much they interact with data centers.
They simply do not realize how many vast data centers there are out there and how much they interface with them continously.
I found this great info-graphic that illustrates the amount of interaction.
Day in the life of the Internet
Dual Power feeds to Bothell DC via Diverse Paths.
Bothell Data Services powered by Kanobe, is proud to announce the installation of our secondary power feed from Snohomish PUD.
This power feed, currently in construction, brings a new level of redundancy to our world class data center.
This secondary feed, comes from a completely diverse path, allowing us to ensure continuity of power delivery even in the most difficult situations!
Contact us anytime, our staff will be happy to tour you through our campus.
Professional Networking Association in Bothell
Professional Networking Association based out of Bothell is hosting a visitors day.
When: May 4th 7:30 – 8:30 AM
Where: Denny’s Restaurant, Canyon Park 22833 Bothell Everett Hwy Ste 180, Bothell, WA 98021
Why: Kanobe, Inc is a proud member of this particular business networking group. I can honestly state the return on investment since beginning membership with this group has been almost immediate.
This is a great group of people who truly have an enjoyable atmosphere in the Bothell area that is dedicated to driving business to it’s members.
Feel free to get additional info via any of the following resources:
Attribution to original author: Chris Chandler
I understand that it might sound heretical to claim that traditional colocation is still the more cost-effective approach to hosting, but let’s look at the numbers.
tl;dr
Cloud computing isn’t that “cheap” unless you’re talking about tiny costs that early, early stage startups might face. Once you know you will require dedicated infrastructure it’s very likely worth it to get your own hardware. You’re employing technical people anyway; have some of them manage your infrastructure. You would have needed some people doing it with your cloud hosting anyway. Being able to throw stuff away is nice, but so is having authoritative control over your business operations and in-house accountability.
The actual numbers
Hypothetically, let’s look at a scenario where we need 4 web servers, 50 app servers, and 2 reasonably high powered databases. For all intents and purposes, this is a small data center and the kind of configuration that cloud companies like Amazon claim they are designed to handle. It also mimics several of my clients’ infrastructures, which are built on Rails, so it feels particularly apropos.
Secondly, let’s suppose that each of these servers requires 8 cores to keep up with the workload. So all together we have 56 servers at 8 cores a piece. For the database, let’s assume those are also 8 core machines but will require 68GB of RAM a piece plus about 10TB of storage. I think it would make more sense to actually add more RAM, but that’s the largest amount you can get from Amazon right now on their Instance Types list.
We’re going to talk about the total cost of ownership across a year for both options. I am also going to make the assumption that the duty cycle of activity is fairly uniform.
Note: If you’re going to disagree with one of my assumptions it’s this last one. I am perfectly aware that a uniform duty cycle is unheard of when it comes to web applications because we’re saying that our traffic load is uniform across the day. I am, however, making this assumption because for all the companies I talk to that cite the ability to dynamically decommission hardware, none of them do. There seems to be a massive perceived risk in starting up and shutting down instances on the fly and whether or not the custom experience will suffer. If you are currently cloud hosted and you decommission hardware daily then congratulations: anecdotally you are extremely rare.
Seattle Data Center with 100 percent uptime
Seattle data center, Colocation provider celebrates over a year of 100 percent uptime!
As a testament to the hard work of staff and robust redundancy of our network. Bothell Data Services powered by Kanobe is proud to announce that for over a year we have far exceeded our SLA’s and not a single second of downtime has been experienced by any colocated customer here at our facility!
Please feel free to contact us anytime for a tour.
Kanobe bonded-Internet connections
Kanobe provides a myriad of options for Business Broadband connectivity.
We provide ADSL2 Broadband connectivity to many customers in Washington state. In many cases one link to the Internet is not enough.
As Kanobe provides VOIP to many Northwest business customers, it is essential that we provide fast and redundant connections to ensure the absolute best voice quality available!
Our Bonded Broadband solution kills many birds with one stone. It allows Kanobe to provide:
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Seattle Data Center Generator Maintenance
Kanobe supervises generator maintenance on our Seattle Co-location campus on a regular basis.
Pictured here you will see one of our contracted service technicians performing routine maintenance on one of (4) four generators we have connected on our Seattle data center site.
Again this is one of the many reasons Kanobe is able to consistently exceed the guaranteed uptime for our co-located clientele.