Word for looking at the bigger picture

I have never come across a term which explicitly means «seeing not just particulars, but also the whole», without any other connotations. There are several words which come close to that concept, though.

Perceptive, perspicacious, insightful, or sagacious could be a good fit for what you’re looking for.

Sharp or shrewd imply quick grasping of a situation.

Clairvoyant means that one can see beyond what the normal human senses can register, though it is often used in a context of mysticism. Not always.

Holistic, suggested by @brachomonacho, can be close, but it has some connotations that you might not want. Among other things, it often means complete or whole. See the thesaurus.com entry.

На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать грубую лексику.

На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать разговорную лексику.

смотреть на картину

взглянуть на общую картину

взглянуть на картину

взглянуть на более широкую картину

смотреть на общую картину

увидеть большую картину

смотреть шире

Посмотри на картину

посмотреть на общую картину

посмотрите на более широкую картину

смотреть на более широкую картину

Traders need to look at the bigger picture in order to see trends.

I have to look at the bigger picture.

Even more questions arise when you attempt to look at the bigger picture of their behavior.

In order to understand all of the smaller elements that geologists study, you must first look at the bigger picture, the makeup of the Earth itself.

Чтобы понять более мелкие объекты, которые изучают геологи, вы должны сначала взглянуть на общую картину, а точнее состав самой Земли.

You may think that your boyfriend’s friends are the problem, but you need to look at the bigger picture.

Вы можете подумать, что друзья вашего парня — это проблема, но вам нужно взглянуть на картину в целом…

Bigger businesses tend to look at the bigger picture, and are more willing to see the true value beyond just the cost.

Крупные компании стремятся взглянуть на картину в целом и охотнее видят истинную ценность не только в стоимости.

When you look at the bigger picture, losing weight might not be the most effective goal.

Когда вы смотрите на картину в целом, потеря веса может оказаться не самым эффективной целью.

Always look at the bigger picture and try to analyze whether prolonging the game is right for you or not.

Всегда смотрите на картину в целом и пытайтесь проанализировать, подходит ли вам продление игры или нет.

You look at the bigger picture and disregard minor details for the most part.

Вы смотрите на картину в целом и пренебрегаете деталями в большинстве случаев.

When you take a look at the bigger picture, it all comes down to how much value you can bring to your audience with your content.

Когда вы смотрите на картину в целом, все сводится к тому, какую ценность вы можете принести своей аудитории своим контентом.

When looking for an SEO company, you need to look at the bigger picture, not just a higher ranking.

При поиске SEO компании, вам нужно смотреть на картину в целом, а не просто на более высокий рейтинг.

If you zoom out and look at the bigger picture, you can see that, taken together, these companies have turned our computers and phones into bugs that are plugged in to a vast corporate-owned surveillance network.

Если взглянуть на общую картину, то можно понять, что все эти компании вместе превратили наши компьютеры и телефоны в жучки, подключенные к огромной корпоративной сети наблюдения.

This allows us to take a proactive, holistic approach to each client’s circumstances, enabling us to look at the bigger picture when it comes to decision-making.

Это подразумевает активный, целостный подход к обстоятельствам каждого клиента, что позволяет нам взглянуть на общую картину, когда дело доходит до принятия решений.

Instead of looking at your siblings or your coworkers and saying that they are lazy and never do anything and being quick to call them names, you should look at the bigger picture.

Вместо того, чтобы смотреть на своих братьев и сестер или коллег по работе и говорить, что они ленивы и никогда ничего не делают, и быстро называть их по именам, вам следует взглянуть на картину в целом.

Still, we need to take a look at the bigger picture: a properly designed application goes beyond just MVC; it’s about infrastructure, deployment pipeline, decoupled architecture.

Тем не менее, нам нужно взглянуть на общую картину: правильно разработанное приложение выходит за рамки чистого MVC; речь идет об инфраструктуре, конвейере развертывания, разъединённой архитектуре.

Celebrities in Nepal and India should look at the bigger picture.

«They convinced me to try to look at the bigger picture, trying not to get too induced by the short-term,» said Mitchell after his appointment.

«Они убедили меня попытаться взглянуть на картину в целом, стараясь не слишком увлекаться краткосрочными действиями», — сказал Митчелл после своего назначения.

If we look at the bigger picture, most cars today are used just a tiny fraction of the time.

Especially if we look at the bigger picture: in the last years demand for gold is skyrocketing.

Особенно если посмотреть на общую картину, то можно увидеть, что в последние годы спрос на золото стремительно растет.

You need to look at the bigger picture.

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Hi guys, hi boys and girls and welcome back to the English Harmony video blog!

In today’s video we’re going to look at the following English idiom: The BIG Picture. Or alternatively, you can say: The Bigger Picture. It doesn’t really matter which one you go for, whether you say “The big picture” or “The bigger picture”, these two word combinations are pretty much interchangeable, they mean the same thing.

Now. In reality when you’ll be using the phrase “The big picture” you would be putting it in different contexts, such as: “When looking at the bigger picture” or “If you look at the big picture” or your ability to see the bigger picture, right?

You’d be using it in different contexts but the very two-word combination “The big picture” always remains the same and it’s very idiomatic by its nature and if you are curious as to what it means, when to use it, how to use it, place bear with me for a few more minutes and everything’s gonna become crystal clear to you, I promise!

Hi guys and welcome back! So, the BIG picture. Let me ask you a question. Do you possess the ability to see the bigger picture? If you do, then that would be one of the characteristics needed to become a truly successful manager. Why? Because a manager makes strategic decisions and he has to see the bigger picture. To see the whole operation, because a typical employee wouldn’t necessarily see the big picture.

They would be focusing on their tasks, on their duties, they will see the little details, but not necessarily the bigger picture. So, can you guess from this example what the bigger picture means? Well, I suppose that you might’ve guessed that it means the ability to see everything at once, to take it all in, to understand how everything works as a whole, right?

Whether we’re looking at a company or some process, doesn’t really matter. Well, typically it’s used when talking about some strategic thinking in terms of running a business or something similar. The ability to see the bigger picture. This is basically used when you’ll be going for a job interview and then you will be describing your strengths and you will say that one of my strengths is the ability to see the bigger picture.

And if you think about it, it makes a lot of sense cause quite literally, when you look at a picture… Imagine yourself standing in an Art Gallery and looking on a picture. Looking AT a picture on the wall. I said “looking on a picture” or something like that. I made a mistake, I’m sorry about that but if you’ve been following my blog for a while you’ll know that making mistakes is crucial, it’s a crucial and integral part of your overall fluency improvement.

So I just corrected myself. The proper way of saying it is: we look AT a picture on the wall. OK? Then if you’re too close to it you will be seeing the individual details but you wouldn’t be necessarily able to take the entire picture in. You wouldn’t be able to see it as a whole.

So you’d have to take a step back and only then you will be able to observe the whole picture and take it all in as a whole. So that’s where this idiom comes from and if you think about it, you would probably come to the same conclusion.

But it’s not always that easy, that straightforward and it’s not always that you can guess their meaning. So you have to know what it means.

And another way of using this idiom would be… Imagine yourself in a company meeting for example. Then you are given the word, you have to say something and then you would start your speech by saying: “If we look at the bigger picture“. That’s a very good sentence starter, right? Meaning, if we look at everything as a whole, if we ignore the little details and try and encompass the whole operation as a whole and basically see it in a strategic perspective.

That’s a very good sentence starter. If we look at it… If we look at the bigger picture, basically, we can clearly understand that the slides drop in sales figures and the months of November and December aren’t really so drastic because if we go back two years ago, something similar happened and then we bounced back and made even more sales the following year, so I would say this is all seasonal and basically if we look at the bigger picture, this figures aren’t really so worrying as you may think at first.

So that was the second example of how to use this particular English idiom and let me come up with a third example. Obviously that’s what I always do in these Idiomatic Expression videos. I give you three examples, all right? Now, let me see. I’m drawing a blank, which means, I can’t really think of anything. That’s a good one. That’s weird because I always brainstorm something. Something crosses my mind on all occasions and now all of the sudden, I can’t really think of anything else, you know?

So you would have to do with two examples. The first one was when you describe yourself in a job interview and then you say you possess the ability to see the bigger picture which distinguishes you from all other candidates, that’s what sets you apart from the other candidates.

And the second one was during a company meeting when you said that if we look at the bigger picture, OK? So the two examples would have to suffice for now and maybe I’ll think of something after recording this video but that’s what always happens, right? You think of something when that moment has passed. That’s typical!

But anyway… I hope that you will benefit from this video and obviously, as always, if you have any questions, of any nature, preferably something that’s got to do with this particular idiom – The big picture or English improvement in general, just let me know in the comments section below the video. Thanks for watching and bye-bye!

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Robby 😉

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Data Centers are a hot topic these days. No matter where you look, this once obscure aspect of infrastructure is getting a lot of attention. For years, there have been cost pressures on IT operations and this, when the need for modern capacity is greater than ever, has thrust data centers into the spotlight. Server and rack density continues to rise, placing DC professionals and businesses in tighter and tougher situations while they struggle to manage their IT environments. And now hyper-scale cloud infrastructure is taking traditional technologies to limits never explored before and focusing the imagination of the IT industry on new possibilities.

В настоящее время центры обработки данных являются широко обсуждаемой темой. Куда ни посмотришь, этот некогда малоизвестный аспект инфраструктуры привлекает все больше внимания. Годами ИТ-отделы испытывали нехватку средств и это выдвинуло ЦОДы в центр внимания, в то время, когда необходимость в современных ЦОДах стала как никогда высокой. Плотность серверов и стоек продолжают расти, все больше усложняя ситуацию для специалистов в области охлаждения и организаций в их попытках управлять своими ИТ-средами. И теперь гипермасштабируемая облачная инфраструктура подвергает традиционные технологии невиданным ранее нагрузкам, и заставляет ИТ-индустрию искать новые возможности.

At Microsoft, we have focused a lot of thought and research around how to best operate and maintain our global infrastructure and we want to share those learnings. While obviously there are some aspects that we keep to ourselves, we have shared how we operate facilities daily, our technologies and methodologies, and, most importantly, how we monitor and manage our facilities. Whether it’s speaking at industry events, inviting customers to our “Microsoft data center conferences” held in our data centers, or through other media like blogging and white papers, we believe sharing best practices is paramount and will drive the industry forward. So in that vein, we have some interesting news to share.

В компании MicroSoft уделяют большое внимание изучению наилучших методов эксплуатации и технического обслуживания своей глобальной инфраструктуры и делятся результатами своих исследований. И хотя мы, конечно, не раскрываем некоторые аспекты своих исследований, мы делимся повседневным опытом эксплуатации дата-центров, своими технологиями и методологиями и, что важнее всего, методами контроля и управления своими объектами. Будь то доклады на отраслевых событиях, приглашение клиентов на наши конференции, которые посвящены центрам обработки данных MicroSoft, и проводятся в этих самых дата-центрах, или использование других средств, например, блоги и спецификации, мы уверены, что обмен передовым опытом имеет первостепенное значение и будет продвигать отрасль вперед.

Today we are sharing our Generation 4 Modular Data Center plan. This is our vision and will be the foundation of our cloud data center infrastructure in the next five years. We believe it is one of the most revolutionary changes to happen to data centers in the last 30 years. Joining me, in writing this blog are Daniel Costello, my director of Data Center Research and Engineering and Christian Belady, principal power and cooling architect. I feel their voices will add significant value to driving understanding around the many benefits included in this new design paradigm.

Сейчас мы хотим поделиться своим планом модульного дата-центра четвертого поколения. Это наше видение и оно будет основанием для инфраструктуры наших облачных дата-центров в ближайшие пять лет. Мы считаем, что это одно из самых революционных изменений в дата-центрах за последние 30 лет. Вместе со мной в написании этого блога участвовали Дэниел Костелло, директор по исследованиям и инжинирингу дата-центров, и Кристиан Белади, главный архитектор систем энергоснабжения и охлаждения. Мне кажется, что их авторитет придаст больше веса большому количеству преимуществ, включенных в эту новую парадигму проектирования.

Наши модульные дата-центры “Gen 4” будут гибкими с контейнерами серверов – как серверы в нашем чикагском дата-центре. И гибкость будет применяться ко всему ЦОД. Итак, что мы подразумеваем под модульностью? Мы думаем о ней как о “строительных блоках”, где дата-центр будет состоять из модульных блоков изготовленных в заводских условиях электрических систем и систем охлаждения, а также систем безопасности и т.п., в дополнение к контейнеризованным серверам.
Был ли ключевой стимул для разработки дата-центра четвертого поколения?

If we were to summarize the promise of our Gen 4 design into a single sentence it would be something like this: “A highly modular, scalable, efficient, just-in-time data center capacity program that can be delivered anywhere in the world very quickly and cheaply, while allowing for continued growth as required.” Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Well, keep in mind that these concepts have been in initial development and prototyping for over a year and are based on cumulative knowledge of previous facility generations and the advances we have made since we began our investments in earnest on this new design.

Если бы нам нужно было обобщить достоинства нашего проекта Gen 4 в одном предложении, это выглядело бы следующим образом: “Центр обработки данных с высоким уровнем модульности, расширяемости, и энергетической эффективности, а также возможностью постоянного расширения, в случае необходимости, который можно очень быстро и дешево развертывать в любом месте мира”. Звучит слишком хорошо для того чтобы быть правдой, не так ли? Ну, не забывайте, что эти концепции находились в процессе начальной разработки и создания опытного образца в течение более одного года и основываются на опыте, накопленном в ходе развития предыдущих поколений ЦОД, а также успехах, сделанных нами со времени, когда мы начали вкладывать серьезные средства в этот новый проект.

The second worst thing we can do in delivering facilities for the business is to have too much capacity online.

А вторым самым худшим моментом в этой сфере может слишком большое количество производственных мощностей.

This has led to a focus on smart, intelligent growth for the business — refining our overall demand picture. It can’t be too hot. It can’t be too cold. It has to be ‘Just Right!’ The capital dollars of investment are too large to make without long term planning. As we struggled to master these interesting challenges, we had to ensure that our technological plan also included solutions for the business and operational challenges we faced as well.
So let’s take a high level look at our Generation 4 design

Это заставило нас сосредоточиваться на интеллектуальном росте для бизнеса — refining our overall demand picture. Это не должно быть слишком горячим. И это не должно быть слишком холодным. Это должно быть ‘как раз, таким как надо!’ Нельзя делать такие большие капиталовложения без долгосрочного планирования. Пока мы старались решить эти интересные проблемы, мы должны были гарантировать, что наш технологический план будет также включать решения для коммерческих и эксплуатационных проблем, с которыми нам также приходилось сталкиваться.
Давайте рассмотрим наш проект дата-центра четвертого поколения

Our goals from a cost perspective were simple in concept but tough to deliver. First and foremost, we had to reduce the capital cost per critical Mega Watt by the class of use. Some applications can run with N-level redundancy in the infrastructure, others require a little more infrastructure for support. These different classes of infrastructure requirements meant that optimizing for all cost classes was paramount. At Microsoft, we are not a one trick pony and have many Online products and services (240+) that require different levels of operational support. We understand that and ensured that we addressed it in our design which will allow us to reduce capital costs by 20%-40% or greater depending upon class.

Нашими целями в области затрат были концептуально простыми, но трудно реализуемыми. В первую очередь мы должны были снизить капитальные затраты в пересчете на один мегаватт, в зависимости от класса резервирования. Некоторые приложения могут вполне работать на базе инфраструктуры с резервированием на уровне N, то есть без резервирования, а для работы других приложений требуется больше инфраструктуры. Эти разные классы требований инфраструктуры подразумевали, что оптимизация всех классов затрат имеет преобладающее значение. В Майкрософт мы не ограничиваемся одним решением и располагаем большим количеством интерактивных продуктов и сервисов (240+), которым требуются разные уровни эксплуатационной поддержки. Мы понимаем это, и учитываем это в своем проекте, который позволит нам сокращать капитальные затраты на 20%-40% или более в зависимости от класса.

For example, non-critical or geo redundant applications have low hardware reliability requirements on a location basis. As a result, Gen 4 can be configured to provide stripped down, low-cost infrastructure with little or no redundancy and/or temperature control. Let’s say an Online service team decides that due to the dramatically lower cost, they will simply use uncontrolled outside air with temperatures ranging 10-35 C and 20-80% RH. The reality is we are already spec-ing this for all of our servers today and working with server vendors to broaden that range even further as Gen 4 becomes a reality. For this class of infrastructure, we eliminate generators, chillers, UPSs, and possibly lower costs relative to traditional infrastructure.

Например, некритичные или гео-избыточные системы имеют низкие требования к аппаратной надежности на основе местоположения. В результате этого, Gen 4 можно конфигурировать для упрощенной, недорогой инфраструктуры с низким уровнем (или вообще без резервирования) резервирования и / или температурного контроля. Скажем, команда интерактивного сервиса решает, что, в связи с намного меньшими затратами, они будут просто использовать некондиционированный наружный воздух с температурой 10-35°C и влажностью 20-80% RH. В реальности мы уже сегодня предъявляем эти требования к своим серверам и работаем с поставщиками серверов над еще большим расширением диапазона температур, так как наш модуль и подход Gen 4 становится реальностью. Для подобного класса инфраструктуры мы удаляем генераторы, чиллеры, ИБП, и, возможно, будем предлагать более низкие затраты, по сравнению с традиционной инфраструктурой.

Applications that demand higher level of redundancy or temperature control will use configurations of Gen 4 to meet those needs, however, they will also cost more (but still less than traditional data centers). We see this cost difference driving engineering behavioral change in that we predict more applications will drive towards Geo redundancy to lower costs.

Системы, которым требуется более высокий уровень резервирования или температурного контроля, будут использовать конфигурации Gen 4, отвечающие этим требованиям, однако, они будут также стоить больше. Но все равно они будут стоить меньше, чем традиционные дата-центры. Мы предвидим, что эти различия в затратах будут вызывать изменения в методах инжиниринга, и по нашим прогнозам, это будет выражаться в переходе все большего числа систем на гео-избыточность и меньшие затраты.

Another cool thing about Gen 4 is that it allows us to deploy capacity when our demand dictates it. Once finalized, we will no longer need to make large upfront investments. Imagine driving capital costs more closely in-line with actual demand, thus greatly reducing time-to-market and adding the capacity Online inherent in the design. Also reduced is the amount of construction labor required to put these “building blocks” together. Since the entire platform requires pre-manufacture of its core components, on-site construction costs are lowered. This allows us to maximize our return on invested capital.

Еще одно достоинство Gen 4 состоит в том, что он позволяет нам разворачивать дополнительные мощности, когда нам это необходимо. Как только мы закончим проект, нам больше не нужно будет делать большие начальные капиталовложения. Представьте себе возможность более точного согласования капитальных затрат с реальными требованиями, и тем самым значительного снижения времени вывода на рынок и интерактивного добавления мощностей, предусматриваемого проектом. Также снижен объем строительных работ, требуемых для сборки этих “строительных блоков”. Поскольку вся платформа требует предварительного изготовления ее базовых компонентов, затраты на сборку также снижены. Это позволит нам увеличить до максимума окупаемость своих капиталовложений.
Мы все подвергаем сомнению

In our design process, we questioned everything. You may notice there is no roof and some might be uncomfortable with this. We explored the need of one and throughout our research we got some surprising (positive) results that showed one wasn’t needed.

В своем процессе проектирования мы все подвергаем сомнению. Вы, наверное, обратили внимание на отсутствие крыши, и некоторым специалистам это могло не понравиться. Мы изучили необходимость в крыше и в ходе своих исследований получили удивительные результаты, которые показали, что крыша не нужна.
Серийное производство дата центров

In short, we are striving to bring Henry Ford’s Model T factory to the data center. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford#Model_T. Gen 4 will move data centers from a custom design and build model to a commoditized manufacturing approach. We intend to have our components built in factories and then assemble them in one location (the data center site) very quickly. Think about how a computer, car or plane is built today. Components are manufactured by different companies all over the world to a predefined spec and then integrated in one location based on demands and feature requirements. And just like Henry Ford’s assembly line drove the cost of building and the time-to-market down dramatically for the automobile industry, we expect Gen 4 to do the same for data centers. Everything will be pre-manufactured and assembled on the pad.

Мы хотим применить модель автомобильной фабрики Генри Форда к дата-центру. Проект Gen 4 будет способствовать переходу от модели специализированного проектирования и строительства к товарно-производственному, серийному подходу. Мы намерены изготавливать свои компоненты на заводах, а затем очень быстро собирать их в одном месте, в месте строительства дата-центра. Подумайте о том, как сегодня изготавливается компьютер, автомобиль или самолет. Компоненты изготавливаются по заранее определенным спецификациям разными компаниями во всем мире, затем собираются в одном месте на основе спроса и требуемых характеристик. И точно так же как сборочный конвейер Генри Форда привел к значительному уменьшению затрат на производство и времени вывода на рынок в автомобильной промышленности, мы надеемся, что Gen 4 сделает то же самое для дата-центров. Все будет предварительно изготавливаться и собираться на месте.
Невероятно энергоэффективный ЦОД

And did we mention that this platform will be, overall, incredibly energy efficient? From a total energy perspective not only will we have remarkable PUE values, but the total cost of energy going into the facility will be greatly reduced as well. How much energy goes into making concrete? Will we need as much of it? How much energy goes into the fuel of the construction vehicles? This will also be greatly reduced! A key driver is our goal to achieve an average PUE at or below 1.125 by 2012 across our data centers. More than that, we are on a mission to reduce the overall amount of copper and water used in these facilities. We believe these will be the next areas of industry attention when and if the energy problem is solved. So we are asking today…“how can we build a data center with less building”?

А мы упоминали, что эта платформа будет, в общем, невероятно энергоэффективной? С точки зрения общей энергии, мы получим не только поразительные значения PUE, но общая стоимость энергии, затраченной на объект будет также значительно снижена. Сколько энергии идет на производство бетона? Нам нужно будет столько энергии? Сколько энергии идет на питание инженерных строительных машин? Это тоже будет значительно снижено! Главным стимулом является достижение среднего PUE не больше 1.125 для всех наших дата-центров к 2012 году. Более того, у нас есть задача сокращения общего количества меди и воды в дата-центрах. Мы думаем, что эти задачи станут следующей заботой отрасли после того как будет решена энергетическая проблема. Итак, сегодня мы спрашиваем себя…“как можно построить дата-центр с меньшим объемом строительных работ”?
Строительство дата центров без чиллеров

We have talked openly and publicly about building chiller-less data centers and running our facilities using aggressive outside economization. Our sincerest hope is that Gen 4 will completely eliminate the use of water. Today’s data centers use massive amounts of water and we see water as the next scarce resource and have decided to take a proactive stance on making water conservation part of our plan.

Мы открыто и публично говорили о строительстве дата-центров без чиллеров и активном использовании в наших центрах обработки данных технологий свободного охлаждения или фрикулинга. Мы искренне надеемся, что Gen 4 позволит полностью отказаться от использования воды. Современные дата-центры расходуют большие объемы воды и так как мы считаем воду следующим редким ресурсом, мы решили принять упреждающие меры и включить экономию воды в свой план.

By sharing this with the industry, we believe everyone can benefit from our methodology. While this concept and approach may be intimidating (or downright frightening) to some in the industry, disclosure ultimately is better for all of us.

Делясь этим опытом с отраслью, мы считаем, что каждый сможет извлечь выгоду из нашей методологией. Хотя эта концепция и подход могут показаться пугающими (или откровенно страшными) для некоторых отраслевых специалистов, раскрывая свои планы мы, в конечном счете, делаем лучше для всех нас.

Gen 4 design (even more than just containers), could reduce the ‘religious’ debates in our industry. With the central spine infrastructure in place, containers or pre-manufactured server halls can be either AC or DC, air-side economized or water-side economized, or not economized at all (though the sanity of that might be questioned). Gen 4 will allow us to decommission, repair and upgrade quickly because everything is modular. No longer will we be governed by the initial decisions made when constructing the facility. We will have almost unlimited use and re-use of the facility and site. We will also be able to use power in an ultra-fluid fashion moving load from critical to non-critical as use and capacity requirements dictate.

Проект Gen 4 позволит уменьшить ‘религиозные’ споры в нашей отрасли. Располагая базовой инфраструктурой, контейнеры или сборные серверные могут оборудоваться системами переменного или постоянного тока, воздушными или водяными экономайзерами, или вообще не использовать экономайзеры. Хотя можно подвергать сомнению разумность такого решения. Gen 4 позволит нам быстро выполнять работы по выводу из эксплуатации, ремонту и модернизации, поскольку все будет модульным. Мы больше не будем руководствоваться начальными решениями, принятыми во время строительства дата-центра. Мы сможем использовать этот дата-центр и инфраструктуру в течение почти неограниченного периода времени. Мы также сможем применять сверхгибкие методы использования электрической энергии, переводя оборудование в режимы критической или некритической нагрузки в соответствии с требуемой мощностью.
Gen 4 – это стандартная платформа

Finally, we believe this is a big game changer. Gen 4 will provide a standard platform that our industry can innovate around. For example, all modules in our Gen 4 will have common interfaces clearly defined by our specs and any vendor that meets these specifications will be able to plug into our infrastructure. Whether you are a computer vendor, UPS vendor, generator vendor, etc., you will be able to plug and play into our infrastructure. This means we can also source anyone, anywhere on the globe to minimize costs and maximize performance. We want to help motivate the industry to further innovate—with innovations from which everyone can reap the benefits.

Наконец, мы уверены, что это будет фактором, который значительно изменит ситуацию. Gen 4 будет представлять собой стандартную платформу, которую отрасль сможет обновлять. Например, все модули в нашем Gen 4 будут иметь общепринятые интерфейсы, четко определяемые нашими спецификациями, и оборудование любого поставщика, которое отвечает этим спецификациям можно будет включать в нашу инфраструктуру. Независимо от того производите вы компьютеры, ИБП, генераторы и т.п., вы сможете включать свое оборудование нашу инфраструктуру. Это означает, что мы также сможем обеспечивать всех, в любом месте земного шара, тем самым сводя до минимума затраты и максимальной увеличивая производительность. Мы хотим создать в отрасли мотивацию для дальнейших инноваций – инноваций, от которых каждый сможет получать выгоду.
Главные характеристики дата-центров четвертого поколения Gen4

Так что, если вы встретите в лесу девочку по имени Лютик, и вам станет любопытно, почему она улыбается, вы будете знать, что она очень довольна тем, что очень близко подошла к ‘ОПИМАЛЬНОМУ РЕШЕНИЮ’.
Поколения эволюции – история развития наших дата-центров

We thought you might be interested in understanding what happened in the first three generations of our data center designs. When Ray Ozzie wrote his Software plus Services memo it posed a very interesting challenge to us. The winds of change were at ‘tornado’ proportions. That “plus Services” tag had some significant (and unstated) challenges inherent to it. The first was that Microsoft was going to evolve even further into an operations company. While we had been running large scale Internet services since 1995, this development lead us to an entirely new level. Additionally, these “services” would span across both Internet and Enterprise businesses. To those of you who have to operate “stuff”, you know that these are two very different worlds in operational models and challenges. It also meant that, to achieve the same level of reliability and performance required our infrastructure was going to have to scale globally and in a significant way.

Мы подумали, что может быть вам будет интересно узнать историю первых трех поколений наших центров обработки данных. Когда Рэй Оззи написал свою памятную записку Software plus Services, он поставил перед нами очень интересную задачу. Ветра перемен двигались с ураганной скоростью. Это окончание “plus Services” скрывало в себе какие-то значительные и неопределенные задачи. Первая заключалась в том, что Майкрософт собиралась в еще большей степени стать операционной компанией. Несмотря на то, что мы управляли большими интернет-сервисами, начиная с 1995 г., эта разработка подняла нас на абсолютно новый уровень. Кроме того, эти “сервисы” охватывали интернет-компании и корпорации. Тем, кому приходится всем этим управлять, известно, что есть два очень разных мира в области операционных моделей и задач. Это также означало, что для достижения такого же уровня надежности и производительности требовалось, чтобы наша инфраструктура располагала значительными возможностями расширения в глобальных масштабах.

It was that intense atmosphere of change that we first started re-evaluating data center technology and processes in general and our ideas began to reach farther than what was accepted by the industry at large. This was the era of Generation 1. As we look at where most of the world’s data centers are today (and where our facilities were), it represented all the known learning and design requirements that had been in place since IBM built the first purpose-built computer room. These facilities focused more around uptime, reliability and redundancy. Big infrastructure was held accountable to solve all potential environmental shortfalls. This is where the majority of infrastructure in the industry still is today.

Именно в этой атмосфере серьезных изменений мы впервые начали переоценку ЦОД-технологий и технологий вообще, и наши идеи начали выходить за пределы общепринятых в отрасли представлений. Это была эпоха ЦОД первого поколения. Когда мы узнали, где сегодня располагается большинство мировых дата-центров и где находятся наши предприятия, это представляло весь опыт и навыки проектирования, накопленные со времени, когда IBM построила первую серверную. В этих ЦОД больше внимания уделялось бесперебойной работе, надежности и резервированию. Большая инфраструктура была призвана решать все потенциальные экологические проблемы. Сегодня большая часть инфраструктуры все еще находится на этом этапе своего развития.

We soon realized that traditional data centers were quickly becoming outdated. They were not keeping up with the demands of what was happening technologically and environmentally. That’s when we kicked off our Generation 2 design. Gen 2 facilities started taking into account sustainability, energy efficiency, and really looking at the total cost of energy and operations.

Очень быстро мы поняли, что стандартные дата-центры очень быстро становятся устаревшими. Они не поспевали за темпами изменений технологических и экологических требований. Именно тогда мы стали разрабатывать ЦОД второго поколения. В этих дата-центрах Gen 2 стали принимать во внимание такие факторы как устойчивое развитие, энергетическая эффективность, а также общие энергетические и эксплуатационные.

No longer did we view data centers just for the upfront capital costs, but we took a hard look at the facility over the course of its life. Our Quincy, Washington and San Antonio, Texas facilities are examples of our Gen 2 data centers where we explored and implemented new ways to lessen the impact on the environment. These facilities are considered two leading industry examples, based on their energy efficiency and ability to run and operate at new levels of scale and performance by leveraging clean hydro power (Quincy) and recycled waste water (San Antonio) to cool the facility during peak cooling months.

Мы больше не рассматривали дата-центры только с точки зрения начальных капитальных затрат, а внимательно следили за работой ЦОД на протяжении его срока службы. Наши объекты в Куинси, Вашингтоне, и Сан-Антонио, Техас, являются образцами наших ЦОД второго поколения, в которых мы изучали и применяли на практике новые способы снижения воздействия на окружающую среду. Эти объекты считаются двумя ведущими отраслевыми примерами, исходя из их энергетической эффективности и способности работать на новых уровнях производительности, основанных на использовании чистой энергии воды (Куинси) и рециклирования отработанной воды (Сан-Антонио) для охлаждения объекта в самых жарких месяцах.

As we were delivering our Gen 2 facilities into steel and concrete, our Generation 3 facilities were rapidly driving the evolution of the program. The key concepts for our Gen 3 design are increased modularity and greater concentration around energy efficiency and scale. The Gen 3 facility will be best represented by the Chicago, Illinois facility currently under construction. This facility will seem very foreign compared to the traditional data center concepts most of the industry is comfortable with. In fact, if you ever sit around in our container hanger in Chicago it will look incredibly different from a traditional raised-floor data center. We anticipate this modularization will drive huge efficiencies in terms of cost and operations for our business. We will also introduce significant changes in the environmental systems used to run our facilities. These concepts and processes (where applicable) will help us gain even greater efficiencies in our existing footprint, allowing us to further maximize infrastructure investments.

Так как наши ЦОД второго поколения строились из стали и бетона, наши центры обработки данных третьего поколения начали их быстро вытеснять. Главными концептуальными особенностями ЦОД третьего поколения Gen 3 являются повышенная модульность и большее внимание к энергетической эффективности и масштабированию. Дата-центры третьего поколения лучше всего представлены объектом, который в настоящее время строится в Чикаго, Иллинойс. Этот ЦОД будет выглядеть очень необычно, по сравнению с общепринятыми в отрасли представлениями о дата-центре. Действительно, если вам когда-либо удастся побывать в нашем контейнерном ангаре в Чикаго, он покажется вам совершенно непохожим на обычный дата-центр с фальшполом. Мы предполагаем, что этот модульный подход будет способствовать значительному повышению эффективности нашего бизнеса в отношении затрат и операций. Мы также внесем существенные изменения в климатические системы, используемые в наших ЦОД. Эти концепции и технологии, если применимо, позволят нам добиться еще большей эффективности наших существующих дата-центров, и тем самым еще больше увеличивать капиталовложения в инфраструктуру.

This is definitely a journey, not a destination industry. In fact, our Generation 4 design has been under heavy engineering for viability and cost for over a year. While the demand of our commercial growth required us to make investments as we grew, we treated each step in the learning as a process for further innovation in data centers. The design for our future Gen 4 facilities enabled us to make visionary advances that addressed the challenges of building, running, and operating facilities all in one concerted effort.

Это определенно путешествие, а не конечный пункт назначения. На самом деле, наш проект ЦОД четвертого поколения подвергался серьезным испытаниям на жизнеспособность и затраты на протяжении целого года. Хотя необходимость в коммерческом росте требовала от нас постоянных капиталовложений, мы рассматривали каждый этап своего развития как шаг к будущим инновациям в области дата-центров. Проект наших будущих ЦОД четвертого поколения Gen 4 позволил нам делать фантастические предположения, которые касались задач строительства, управления и эксплуатации объектов как единого упорядоченного процесса.

Тематики

• ЦОДы (центры обработки данных)

Синонимы

• модульный ЦОД

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• modular data center

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Big picture thinking is the ability to grasp abstract concepts, ideas and possibilities. Big picture thinkers emphasize the system in which s/he is operating. This includes looking into various stakeholders such as customers, employees and investors but also competitors, social trends and future technological disruptions.

Play along with me here for a bit: imagine driving on the London bridge. Do you look at the left and the right only? Hopefully not.

You’ve trained yourself to cover both your left and right sides, as well as look far ahead in front of you.

(If you only focused on a tiny word on the bumper sticker of the vehicle directly in front of you, you’d risk getting into a pretty bad accident.) 

That’s essentially what big picture thinking is — looking at the entirety of a plan or situation.

Or, as Graham defines it, “seeing the big picture means seeing the whole. The ability to comprehend the context of the matter. The system that is at work.”

You get to grips with the scope and focus on it, strategizing what will work and what won’t. Put another way, big picture thinking is the ability to envision something.

In contrast, a detailed oriented person delves into the specifics of a project or process. In doing so, they may lose sight of the plan or the big picture. 

But, this doesn’t mean that one thinking modality is right and another wrong. Instead, “they are both necessary to function effectively” in Graham’s experience of 20 years of coaching, facilitating, and mentoring executives.

The importance of big picture thinking

“Take a step back”, “Look at the big picture”, “Think about it in the grand scheme of things». These snippets of advice tend to go in one ear and out the other if you’re naturally a detail-oriented person. Often, they can feel like a waste of time — why invest in all that fluffy thinking when there’s just so much to actually get done?

But what if we told you that scientific research has revealed that “big picture thinking” is linked to venture success for entrepreneurs? That those entrepreneurs are 30-48% more likely to think in broad terms than the rest of us?

Big picture thinking is important for the rest of us too

Big picture thinking isn’t only the key to getting ahead for entrepreneurs, it’s also a crucial skill for many career trajectories, especially if you’re aiming to snag a coveted leadership spot.

Personally, I’ve come a long way from being a detail oriented person who used to be in tizzy every time something went (mildly) wrong.

It could be an assignment delayed by a few minutes. The chicken’s marination lacked an ingredient. Or a book that a friend borrowed, but returned with a dog-eared page (for the record, I still don’t like that. So please don’t go anywhere near my books).

But, like I said, I’ve come a long way.

In my big picture vs small picture plan, I try to focus on the big picture even if smaller details weigh me down sometimes.

But it’s not easy to encourage big picture thinking. It takes a ton of work and mental reminders such as, “how will this matter to me in 3 days, 3 years, 3 decades…” 

Are you also working on sharpening your big picture thinking too? Let’s dive into how you can become a big picture person in this post. 

I’ll show you how to think big and how developing the ability will help you achieve your goals and feel more fulfilled in work and life in general. Along the way, I’ll share insights from Graham Richardson, a world renown coach for senior executives and the Founder of Art of Mentoring.

I’ll also help you figure out where you stand in the detail oriented vs big picture frame. But first, let’s explore what big picture thinking is.

Big picture thinking example

Of course, no number of definitions are enough to understand something. So I asked Graham for an example of big picture thinking.

Here’s what he shared, “Think about building an industrial fishing trawler that can harvest massive tonnage of fish in one outing. It would be very efficient, cost effective, and less labor intensive. The big picture would reveal overfishing of the seas, massive bycatch loss, loss of livelihood to smaller fishing businesses, economic devastation of fishing villages, possible export of economic value overseas by large corporations and loss of tax revenue, etc. An even bigger picture view would be seeing the matter of feeding people, or animals, and the most sustainable means of sustaining food security.” 

It’s making sense now, isn’t it?

Why is seeing the bigger picture important?

You might be wondering, ‘what is the benefit of having a solid idea of the big picture?’ While both big picture vs detail-oriented thinking are crucial and, in fact, complement each other.  

Sure, details make up the big picture. But zooming in on the details only can be a bit messy to deal with (queue: stress at each step of the way).

By thinking big, you’re less likely to fret over the details that won’t matter in the long run.

Not to mention, a big picture person is likely to see how an obstacle impacts the big picture and how that can turn into an opportunity – a real plus if you’re leading a team.

However, things aren’t all that simple and neither big picture thinking nor detail orientation would work in isolation. In fact, Graham suggests, “big picture thinking on its own would struggle to get anything actually done.”

The correct answer then, you ask? Graham has it for you. “Both big picture thinking and detail thinking are important. Anyone who is prone to be in one or other mode by default will limit their ability to contribute to the whole picture.”

So, how do you know if you’re detail oriented or a big picture thinker?

You’ll get a better understanding of big picture vs detail-oriented when you look at them as “universal versus specific thinking.” Graham shares some other common words for big picture thinking: 

• ‘head in the clouds dreaming,’ 
• ‘pie in the sky,’ 
• ‘40,000 feet.’ 

On the other hand, detail orientation is often described as, 

• ‘down in the weeds’, 
• ‘head down’, 
• ‘highly organized,’ 
• and so on. 

One way to find out whether you’re a big picture thinker or a specifics’ person is seeing what you tend to focus on naturally. 

• Do you look at the detailed ins and outs of a project? 
• Perhaps you give so many details in your reports that your manager finds it annoying?
• Or, do you tend to keep a bird’s eye view on things, and feel frustrated when working on projects where you can’t see how it connects to a broader plan?

If you look closely, you’ll see that both types of thinking are needed in a workplace. Graham thinks, “it can often be useful to have complementary skills working together.” 

Big picture thinking – known as ‘breath’ in the F4S context – is typically great for managers and entrepreneurs so they can get projects rolling, and understand how multiple. 

Our research also confirms that ‘seeing the forest through the trees’ is a behavior linked with successful entrepreneurs. But skipping the details clearly isn’t something that professions like software developers can ignore.

So, go ahead and use the tool to understand your motivations. Graham uses F4S for coaching his clients too. 

He comments, “F4S is a very good tool for measuring preferences in many dimensions, including the propensity, or otherwise for big picture thinking. The awareness that F4S provides is a great enabler for people to develop flexibility in how they operate, if they choose to.”

Can you be big picture and detail oriented?

It’s entirely possible that you’re both.

In fact, Graham has met such a person. He shares a person he met who was “a master at what he calls zooming. He had a vision, an ambition, an intention for the business that he wanted to achieve for the business, its owners, its staff and its customers. This big picture thinking was turned into what at the time was called a business plan, including a triple bottom line.”

But, in addition to these big picture goals, this person also worked, “with the executive team to translate all of this into specific, actionable responsibilities and accountabilities.”

Graham explains this zooming aspect of the person helped him to, “shift perspective from high level thinking to detail perspective with ease depending on what circumstance required.”

This, Graham suggests, in an excellent leadership characteristic.

How to focus on the big picture: 6 effective strategies to help you

Around 1959 or 1960, Dashrath Manjhi, a laborer in India’s Gehlaur village lost his injured wife because the nearest hospital was about 45 minutes away. 22 years later, the same man had carved a 10-meter long path through the rocky ridge – all with a hammer and chisel – that chopped the travel time to 15 minutes.

Manjhi is an extreme example of seeing the big picture — instead of getting overwhelmed by the details of how he was going to get it done, he focused on the broader issue at hand: he didn’t want anyone else to suffer his wife’s fate. So, he worked tirelessly for years to prevent that from happening again.

Wondering how you can think big too? Fortunately, you don’t need to spend 22 years breaking on back-breaking work to build up your big picture muscles.

Read on to learn six effective strategies that can help you quickly see the bigger picture:

1. Identify habits that limit your big picture thinking ability

Our natural preferences often prevent us from blue sky thinking. So, the first step: break bad habits. Here’s a 3-step framework:

• Stop seeking perfection: F4S research correlates attention to detail in early stage ventures with failure. If you’re constantly fiddling with things to make them better, delving into more and more detail in the process, you need to press pause, stand back and look for the wider opportunities.

• Don’t sweat the small stuff: If you spend sleepless nights worrying about insignificant problems in your business, like where the new plant pot will sit in the office, you need to take a deep breath and let it go. While some problem-solving is needed in an early stage venture, our research shows that a higher focus on goal orientation, working towards a vision or goal (the BIG picture!) is more likely to lead to business success.

• Learn to delegate: If your business is full-on and there are limited time and reserves, you may feel that it’s faster and better to action things yourself, rather than work as a team. Unless you’re a sole founder, our research shows that those who share responsibility and work collaboratively are likely to achieve venture success and make room for standing back and thinking strategically too. Bonus! 

Overcome these three obstacles, and you’d be well on your path to becoming a big picture person.

2. See things from a different lens: dive into what are big picture questions

Questioning helps you connect the dots from your actions/tasks to your big goal. 

In this book, The Magic of Thinking Big, PH.D. author, David J. Schwartz calls this, “see what can be, not just what is.” A good starting point is to ask yourself, ‘what am I trying to achieve?’

That’s exactly what you need to do. Graham advises you ask the following big picture questions:

• “Is there anybody else who might be affected by this?
• If you did this, can you think of any unintended consequences that might occur?
• Are there any ethical boundaries to consider?
• How could the idea become a lever for social change?”

Another good tip for big picture thinking: ask yourself, ‘what is it that I’m not asking myself?’

Better yet, sit with someone who challenges you (and you trust) and ask them what you aren’t asking yourself. You can also bounce off ideas with them when your big picture goals are up against the ropes.  

3. Think big by looking up

Graham calls this big picture generating practice, “the chunking strategy.” The super basic rundown is: 

• Whenever you’re focusing on the big picture, look up. This is what Graham calls, “inductive reasoning or chunking up.”
• And look down when not seeing the big picture. This is “deductive reasoning or chunking down.”

You can also resort to “abductive reasoning or chunking sideways.”

Our expert elaborates on this process, “Abducting will take us to creative, disruptive, chaordic or pivotal thinking. A nice example of chunking reasoning is to think of transport. You can start with a motor car. If you chunk down, you might go to wheel, then rim, then rubber, then tread and even road. If you chunk up, you might go to transport, then to travel, then to vacation, then to wellbeing, etc.”

Of course, you can always enlist a mentor or coach’s help here to facilitate your thinking as Graham adds. You can even benchmark yourself against their skills and see how your natural inclination to step back and think more broadly improves over time.

4. Use bulleted lists to think big, and then chunk down

This is a trick I use on a regular basis – make a bulleted list of the big picture (I call them big picture pillars) and then add sub-bullets to each pillar step.

Now step back and look at what you can add or remove from the sub-bullet pointers to keep the needle moving forward.

For instance, when I was working on making my business visible, I was drowning in a sea of social media options: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, and so on. So, I made a bulleted list of my big picture plan and could see which social platform was best poised to help me achieve my business goals. Then, I knew everything else was extraneous and I gave myself permission to stop drowning in busy work, and start focusing on the platform that would be most effective.

So why did this work for me and will (hopefully) for you too?

Because bullet points give you the visuals on your big picture. It’s challenging to connect the dots when you can’t see them. It’s also tough to translate your big picture if you don’t have it in front of you.

Like Elon Musk advises, “It is important to view knowledge [big picture] as sort of semantic tree. Make sure you understand the fundamental principles, i.e. the trunk and big branches [the pillar bullets], before you get into the leaves/details or there is nothing for them to hang on to [sub-bullets].”

What’s more, bullet points are easy to access and revise anytime. This, in turn, provides clarity.

5. Start journaling or mind mapping

You can write or draw your plan too. When you put your internal prattle on paper, you can easily spot where your plan is flailing or how it can be shaped to fit the bigger picture. 

Creating a big picture thinking journal or mind map doesn’t need a ton of work.

To begin with, note down your big picture, followed by the small details pestering you. “The trick is to make sure that it represents not only the big picture, but that it represents the detail, or actionable elements as well. You can deliberately mark out zones for making sure all bases are covered,” in Graham’s words. Then record your thoughts to see if they deviate from your big picture plan. 

Graham says you can, “use a funnel representation, or a well-constructed project map.”

6. Schedule in some thinking time

Often, when I rush to make a decision, I end up feeling sorry about it. When this happens, it’s usually for one of three reasons:

• I’ve taken the decision later in the day when I’m drained from the day’s work and nearing decision fatigue.
• I’m pressed for time, which means I’m not calculating everything, not looking at all the angles of the picture, not linking the choice with my big picture goals
• I’m multitasking – calling the shots while doing something else – which takes my ability to perform down by up to 40% 

If you find yourself nodding yes to any or all of these points, pencil in some uninterrupted, thinking time to your schedule. This space is crucial to making better decisions that rely on the big picture. 

You’ll also be able to rate your priorities better – what matters in the big picture, how it contributes to the big picture and so on. This will help you stop hustling so hard, and ditch the shiny object syndrome.

Go ahead and focus on the big picture

Now that you’ve the game plan for detail orientation vs big picture, start flexing your big picture thinking muscles. In doing so, you’re likely to improve your odds of success. Yep, that’s what the data says – successful entrepreneurs tend to think more broadly than the average population by a solid 30-48%.

No matter which field you belong to – an aspiring entrepreneur, someone who’s putting together a dream team, or polishing your leadership skills, big picture thinking can help open up, “innovative and unexpected creative paths, ideas and solutions” as Graham shares.

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