Losing My Religion
Posted by Sara Beth Duyck on Thu, Sep 30, 2010
By Steven Manos
Four years ago I made a significant change in my life. Four years ago I became a member of the Church of the Critical Facility. I can remember the euphoria that came over me as I was immersed and baptized in the chilled water along the banks of the River Crah as the high cleric quoted verse from the Book of Tiers. In the first several months as a member of the congregation I learned that though our flock had its share of zealots who constantly challenged one another on issues like DC vs. AC distribution, Rotary vs. Battery or whether or not to use raised floor, that ultimately we all had the same underlying belief system. Our religion, my friends, is rooted in the bedrock of ideas that we must build grand monuments whose complexity and design at times seem as though we are channeling a more superior technological being. We build such monuments to honor those of us who reside in the clouds, those who welcome us in as their hosts and others we build to those around us who provide our world with all that we need to live.
Gazing upon these monuments one can’t help but feel a sense of tremendous pride, the jubilation of such a feat and at the same time feel humble in the shadows that they cast. It is at this point that our toils really just begin. By the nature of their design, these facilities require skilled and diligent shepherds to ensure that that they are maintained in a way that is fitting for such a grandiose accomplishment. The exhaustion of our energy, labor, efforts and around the clock vigilance is only matched by the exhaustion of our worldly goods through our immense contribution not only to build such an edifice, but through our constant tithes required to keep them running.
To this church I have been a loyal member. That is, until now.
They say that there are always external pressures that try one's faith and there are those that rise up to challenge what others believe. Worn down and fatigued by the same, tired process of building big, complex facilities that are both over designed and over engineered has worn down the souls of both myself and those that I work with. Couple this with the fact that in building said facilities, it requires costly and tedious maintenance and monitoring which, ultimately has not only challenged our faith, but has forced us to adjust what we believe.
Let this blog post, and subsequent whitepaper serve
as the Articles of Lee Technologies Reformation. While there are some who will still need large brick & mortar facilities, we are here to say to the rest of you that you have options. We are turning our backs on the over designed, over redundant “intensity of density” facilities that most users will never fully utilize and shouldn’t have to pay for. The whitepaper below will introduce you to a new way of thinking, new ways to deliver what you really need, when you need it. It will introduce you to extreme flexibility and tremendous cost savings through right-sized solutions and innovative new modularity.
It will challenge your religion.
-SM
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