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Server room with a seismic isolation floor during an earthquake
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celticrose
· 8 years ago
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It doesn't seem to be isolating much
sublimegamer
· 8 years ago
Means the servers are stable while the building is not.
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thinny1234
· 8 years ago
Well it looks like the camera is mounted to the wall, which isn't isolated from the vibrations, so the servers look like they're the ones moving when it's actually just the camera.
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smitty
· 8 years ago
It's called seismic base isolation and here's how it works:
Japanese demonstration:
https://youtu.be/eU5nFvfCGsE
UC San Diego full scale demonstration test using the 2007 Peruvian quake data:
https://youtu.be/kXadHl1_gmE
Chilean example of use:
https://youtu.be/V6pxxan8bDg
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Japanese demonstration:
https://youtu.be/eU5nFvfCGsE
UC San Diego full scale demonstration test using the 2007 Peruvian quake data:
https://youtu.be/kXadHl1_gmE
Chilean example of use:
https://youtu.be/V6pxxan8bDg