I Tried to Break a Million Dollar Computer - IBM Z16 Facility Tour!

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  @blakslee720 · 4 years ago

  Can we all take a second to applaud the audio team on this video? The background is clearly, very noisy, and the LMG team did an excellent job (probably in post) getting Linus' voice to carry and suppressing the background noise. Can't imagine that was easy

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  @SvRider512 · 4 years ago

  The fact that serious big tech companies will let Linus refer their tech as "doohickey majigs that lines up with the dots on the thing", is something that will always make me laugh.

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  @DigitalJedi · 4 years ago

  This is the type of enterprise content I want to see. Huge computers, weird architectures, and crazy custom solutions in the name of efficiency.

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  @nickbattani3718 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I have come full circle. <br><br>Watching Linus in 2014 made me want to study computer engineering, I got a job at IBM, and now Linus is reviewing an IBM mainframe. Hopefully LTT can continue to inspire generations of engineers for years to come!

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  @TorEinarG · 4 years ago

  Linus: Tries to break super computer<br><br>Super computer: Breaks Linus’s voice

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  @maxi2702 · 4 years ago

  I love how everything is redundant, they probably had a 2nd youtuber on site just in case Linus failed.

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  @loganrainey2969 · 4 years ago

  Shout-out to the audio engineers on this video. I wouldn&apos;t imagine a server testing facility with Linus having to nearly scream is an ideal environment for quality sound 😂

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  @Shayashi_of_Myth · 4 years ago

  Linus: &quot;Can I hold one?&quot;<br>IBM Tech: &quot;Uhh yeah, I don&apos;t see why not?&quot;<br>Audience: <b>gasp</b> &quot;Have you never watched...&quot;<br><br><br>𝓜𝓮: &quot;𝓓𝓻𝓸𝓹 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓣𝓮𝓵𝓾𝓶... 𝓓𝓻𝓸𝓹 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓣𝓮𝓵𝓾𝓶... 𝓓𝓻𝓸𝓹 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓣𝓮𝓵𝓾𝓶&quot;

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  @MarekDobesReal · 4 years ago

  The redundancy is actually even crazier than it seems from the video! in the event that a datacenter completely goes offline, offsite backup machines just take over the workload, usually without even any notice from customers. this is tested quite regularly. I would also point out that on top of AI and automation, there are operators 24/7/365 remotely monitoring critical applications and data, ensuring availability.

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  @ImKairyu · 4 years ago

  Last unboxing: this million dollar server is probably the most expensive thing we will see, lets not break it<br>This vid: lets break this different million dollar server!

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  @UnitalianoinCina · 4 years ago

  Linus screamed so much that his voice was hoarse: &quot;DATA CENTER THINGS!!&quot;

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  @wamoje · 4 years ago (edited)

  Worked on IBM mainframes for 25 years, starting in 1980. Started as COBOL programmer, ended as systems programmer (sysadmin in unix terms). My last 16 working years were on AIX/Linux due to architecture switches in the IT departments I was working. I was never able to fully explain the awsomeness of IBM mainframes to my new colleagues. I think Linus succeeded.....

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