Data Center Staff Will Sleep Among the Racks For London Olympics 210
1sockchuck writes "Staff at Interxion's London data center are ready to hunker down during the Olympic Games this summer, nestled in snug sleeping pods adjacent to the racks. The arrangement will ensure that the facility will be fully-staffed if London's transit system is taxed by the huge crowds expected for the Games. While staff in many industries might object to a plan that expects them to sleep in their office, data center firms have a primary calling of keeping their facilities operational at all times. Is this too much readiness, or just enough?"
Re:Sleep among the racks (Score:4, Informative)
What part of NYC? A lot of difference between the Village, the Upper East and West Sides, Washington Heights, different parts of Brooklyn, etc.
Then just give a few representative prices.
A 3 bedroom 1200 ft^2 apartment in San Francisco is way out of my price range. You can get a decent 2 bedroom 900 ft^2 apartment for $2200 - $2700/month.
If you want a luxury apartment in a new building, then you can spend $3000 - $5000 (or more)
Re:Sleep among the racks (Score:4, Informative)
$1200 in NYC will get you halfway to owning a one room the size of a closet.
... and up here just about ten miles outside of Scotland's largest and most important city, Glasgow (sorry Edinburgh, I know you've got the Scottish Parliament building and all), the equivalent of roughly $700US gets you a two-bedroom farm cottage with a half acre garden. As an added bonus, London is hundreds of miles away.