On 3/13/16, Sean Donelan wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2016, Lee wrote:
Where does it say test/dev has to be done solely in a cloud data center? This bit For the purposes of this memorandum, rooms with at least one server, providing services (whether in a production, test, stage, development, or any other environment), are considered data centers. seems to be more about trying to close the self-reporting loophole - ie 'these aren't the droids you're looking for.' for example - https://github.com/WhiteHouse/datacenters/issues/9
Sigh, read any Inspector General report for how memorandums are implemented by auditors. If the memorandum says "or any other environment" the IG's will treat that as no exceptions.
So IG's will "close the reporting loophole" by reporting that their are 100,000 "data centers" if a room contains even a single server.
Auditors like counting things, they don't like interpretations. Inspector Generals are uber-auditors.
uhmmm.. yes - that's my point. No more of the "Whut? That box over there?? Oh no, that's not a server, it's an _appliance_" foot-dragging / circumvention of the cloud first policy. I doubt anyone really believes that having a server in the room makes it a data center. But if you're the Federal CIO pushing the cloud first policy, this seems like a great bureaucratic maneuver to get the decision making away from the techies that like redundant servers in multiple locations, their managers who's job rating depends on providing reliable services and even the agency CIOs. Check the reporting section of the memo where it says "each agency head shall annually publish a Data Center Consolidation and Optimization Strategic Plan". I dunno, but I'm guessing agency heads are political appointees that aren't going to spend much, if any, time listening to techies whine about how important their servers are & why they can't be consolidated, virtualized or outsourced. Lee