Companies delivering services to large companies as well as specialised companies running their business on a 7 * 24 hours schedule, have used the 'follow the sun'-principle: they deliver services 24 hours a day, shifting service-delivery from location to location on the globe, following the sun rise.
This weekend i read follow-the-moon might be better: while most of the country is asleep and out door temperatures are relatively low, a data center might put its computers to good use for customers on the other side of the globe!
With ever increasing network-speeds, this is becoming possible. Energy costs might be lower in the night, cooling equipment might cost less energy... So following the moon might deliver some benefits!
(picture taken from nightskyinfo.com)
Interesting post. Translated it and linked to you at http://habrahabr.ru/blogs/i_am_clever/44882/
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThanks for the reply and the link!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThat phrase is a bit of a misnomer. The presence of the moon in the sky does not necessarily indicate nighttime. As a matter of fact, although I don't have any data to point to on this, I would guess that over a large time period, the moon is probably on average present in the daytime "sky" as much as it is in the nighttime "sky. Perhaps "flee the sun" would be a better phrasing?
BeantwoordenVerwijderen@Steve: you're absolutely right in a moon technical sense :-). I did not coin the term. But i think it is the opposite of the popular "follow the sun". So more a matter of speech :-).
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWow, love the pic with the moon.:)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThat phrase is a bit of a misnomer. The presence of the moon in the sky does not necessarily indicate nighttime. As a matter of fact, although I don't have any data to point to on this, I would guess that over a large time period, the moon is probably on average present in the daytime "sky" as much as it is in the nighttime "sky. Perhaps "flee the sun" would be a better phrasing?
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