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Comment on The Batshit Crazy Story Of The Day Elon Musk Decided To Personally Rip Servers Out Of A Sacramento Data Center

IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I’m shocked that the data center required retinal scans but that the employee with access could then just hold the door and let him and others in.

I used to work at a data center with lots of security. To get into the area with the servers you had to go through a man trap. It was a room a little larger than a telephone booth with automatic doors on both sides. To open the first door you needed a physical card key. Once inside the door closed, then to open the inner door you needed to both enter a PIN and have your hand scanned in a biometric scanner. Only after all that could you get inside. The booth also weighed you, and if your weight was off by a certain amount after your last pass through then it wouldn’t let you in. That was to prevent somebody from piggybacking with you.

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Tangent5280@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
lmao mental image of Daniel Craig riding someone piggyback in a tuxedo and holding a silenced pistol

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- winterayars@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Prop yourself from wall to wall so your weight doesn’t count.
  
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  - jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Spiderman be stealing yo bits.
    
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- mjhelto@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  It’ll only work if you use three Bonds’ in a trench coat!
  
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redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
How do you get big equipments (e.g.a pallet of server components) into the area?

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- noride@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Separate double bay doors. They have a pair of each floor that opens to an outside wall. You use a forklift to get the pallets up. That or there is a big ass freight elevator, depending on the data center.
  
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  - jonschwartz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    So it’s basically this setup youtu.be/cP4d74Qk3ac?si=Fq_I12sU4uIAgm7w
    
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- deft@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  likely admin override right? i think as a lowly employee this is what he had to do
  
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  - IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    There was third party security at this particular facility. You had to show your ID, have them confirm you’re authorized to bring equipment in, then they’d bring it through a locked freight door for you.
    
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vivavideri@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Oh, god, so that little death hallway to the red queen in resident evil was ACCURATE

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SeaJ@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Even the smaller data center I used to go to would have an alarm go off if the door was open for more than a few seconds. The first door opened with your hand being scanned and the cage to our racks could be opened with a key card.

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jaybone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
How did they get racks in there? Or like big blade servers?

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- ItsMeSpez@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’m sure there were other, larger, entry points that could be opened for moving equipment in and out. They would then be locked down during normal operation.
  
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TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

The booth also weighed you, and if your weight was off by a certain amount after your last pass through then it wouldn’t let you in.

Fatphobic security smh.

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- aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  My understanding is you can be as heavy as you want, you just can’t gain more than 20kg in a week
  
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  - TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Is that a challenge?
    
    - Niko Avocado
    
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PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
That’s pretty cool, sounds like some MacGyver shit!

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