Comments on: Cork’s Data Centre - CIX

By: Tom Raftery

Tom Raftery — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:02:34 +0000

Hey Daniel,

thanks for the interest. Send your cv to tom@tomrafteryit.net or just drop me a mail outlining your interests and we’ll talk.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:56:55 +0000

All the best..

Now what sort of qualifications would one need to work in a data center? if one were to ask…

By: Data Centre generator commissioned at Cork Internet eXchange

Data Centre generator commissioned at Cork Internet eXchange — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:47:41 +0000

[...] I posted about our diesel generator being commissioned on my own blog a week or so ago when it happened because this blog hadn’t been set up at the time. I’m now putting a quick post here too just to document the fact that our first diesel generator has been delivered and fully tested. [...]

By: Roger

Roger — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:15:23 +0000

Judging from the pictures you’re investing a few quid in it. Best of luck with the new venture.

By: Stall The Ball

Stall The Ball — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:44:09 +0000

The Odd Couple in Cork…

Those of you old enough to remember the odd couple will know what I am referring to. Tom Raftery and Adam Beecher have joined forces to form a new data centre in Cork. Operating under the name of CIX or Cork Internet eXchange the new data centre that w…

By: Verbo.se » CIX: I Am That Masked Like-Minded Businessman!

Verbo.se » CIX: I Am That Masked Like-Minded Businessman! — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:53:28 +0000

[...] Slang CIX: I Am That Masked Like-Minded Businessman! 06.10.27.13.53 Since Tom has posted about our lovely new genny, I guess the worst-kept secret in the People’s Republic is out: yes, we’re currently developing a big shiny data centre in Cork, with rafts of blinkenlights and big screens and long-haired grumpy feckers running around ranting about how annoying customers are. [...]

By: dahamsta

dahamsta — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:38:05 +0000

C&Ds are FUN!

By: Tom Raftery

Tom Raftery — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:32:12 +0000

On the other hand dahamsta, we might be lucky and receive a cease and desist from them!

By: dahamsta

dahamsta — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:08:19 +0000

Tom, givben Keith’s comment I’d suggest putting a man on the roof to keep an eye out for the Hoff.

By: Tom Raftery

Tom Raftery — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:20:11 +0000

Keith - good point, although, as far as I know their CIX is very much on the wane.

Sean - more than likely a mix

Sheamus - I’ll email you on this

Colin - thanks

Branedy - love to, don’t be shy about offering advice and experience - both are more than welcome.

By: Branedy

Branedy — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:51:46 +0000

Someday we will have to exchange stories about big datacenters.

By: Cbohanna

Cbohanna — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:40:44 +0000

Best of luck with this Tom-fair dues to ye!

Cheers,
Colin

By: Sheamus

Sheamus — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:24:23 +0000

Greetings from Canada Tom!

Per your AWESOME podcast with Hugh MacLeod of Gaping Void, your comment “Sheamus, as producer of the podcast, I too was very disappointed with the audio quality. I spent several hours on audio cleanup however it was the best we could do with the limited resources available to us at time of recording.

Glad you managed to find it and that you enjoyed it so much.”

I’m an ancient fellow and a tad behind the times in terms of technology (although I’m catching up fast these days). So podcasts are fairly new to me (and VERY interesting). Regarding your podcast with Hugh I was off-the-scale impressed with your questions and interview skills ,and Hugh’s responses were AWESOME… so big plus here.

The voice quality (per my comment to Hugh’s blog) needed to be improved. Thus I was highly attentive to your comment “…best we could do with the limited resources available to us at time of recording.” Does this mean that the audio quality for any podcast is dependent on the recording equipment?

If so then you ought to do a post based on your podcasting knowledge and experience and including therein recommendations for your blog audience with respect to good equipment choices.

You might consider another blog post advising your audience on developing great questions and effective interviewing skills.

Looking forward to visiting your blog frequently! With best regards,

Sheamus

By: Sean Deasy

Sean Deasy — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:46:56 +0000

Hi Tom,

This is great news. Good luck with the project!

What about hosting companies to occupy it? Are they likely to be existing hosting companies or new Cork ones ?

- Sean

By: Keith Gaughan

Keith Gaughan — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:36:40 +0000

Excellent! Mind you, PIPEX might not be entirely happy with the name.