DevCentral Weekly Roundup Episode 13 - The DataCenter 2010

Jeff introduces the gang. Colin points out how folks have been excited about new iRule Editor with support of Admin Partitions. Jeff talks about the new Open Performance Testing Initiative section of DevCentral. The team calls out for vendors to participate and for users to submit their comments and ideas about the performance test setup. Joe plugs his video tutorial on the admin partition support and his blog post about using FirePass to help publish it. Just alludes to an upcoming release of the FirePass Client API SDK. Colin recaps his use of FirePass from a train. Just talks about the new iTunes Podcasts for Video based Tech Tips as well as how this podcast got someone to come work for F5. If there are any iPhone users out there listening to this on their iPhone, let us know. Jeff comments awesome an iPhone can be for wardriving. Don says Lori's latest blog post is good reading.
Then the group talks about challenges with the DataCenter of 2010 (3 years may seem like a short time, but it's a long time in tech years). Jeff points that power usage by DataCenters is larger than all of TV's in the US. Colin points out that Power and Energy consumption will be a primary factor and things that companies are physically locating closer to power sources like dams due to lower costs.