About this episode

The episode discusses the impracticality of data center satellites, a new Google patent affecting websites, and ZFS on old Dell servers.

Why putting data center satellites in orbit is a terrible idea, Google might show people a made-up version of your website, and ZFS on really old Dell servers.   Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes   News/discussion Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right? 11 mins edited Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea Google Just Patented The End Of Your Website   Free consulting We were asked about ZFS on really old Dell servers.               See our contact page for ways to get in touch.  

Topics covered

• data center satellites
• Google website patent
• ZFS
• Dell servers
• economic viability
• space datacenters

Keywords

• data centers
• satellites
• Google
• ZFS
• Dell servers
• economic viability
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google

Products: ZFS

Places: Dell

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