Data Center in a Box

[Viditor]

Article/PR

It really is a mobile data center...

"With Blackbox, you feed it, chill it with water, and it just does stuff for you," explains Anil Gadre, Sun's chief marketing officer

Interesting concept for quick deployment.

 

[ColemontHD]

Nice concept, but do you think it will catch on?

What are the prices?

 

[jlbenedict]

If this was a Microsoft/IBM x86 type of product, I'm sure the military/U.S. Government would be in line to sign a contract immediately.

 

[Viditor]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
If this was a Microsoft/IBM x86 type of product, I'm sure the military/U.S. Government would be in line to sign a contract immediately.

There are lot's of applications for this...
1. A company that is starting up a new HQ and needs to hit the ground running
2. Google (applications should be self-evident there) in new countries
3. Webcast of the Olympics

etc...

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: jlbenedict
If this was a Microsoft/IBM x86 type of product, I'm sure the military/U.S. Government would be in line to sign a contract immediately.

It said in the article that it would be available with their Galaxy servers, which use Opteron 2xx series cpu's.

 

[n19htmare]

beeep beeep beeep beeep beeep beeeep oh thats the sound of a truck backing up.... locking... lifting and driving off with cables dangling from the back..... would such to have one stolen

 

[Viditor]

Originally posted by: n19htmare
beeep beeep beeep beeep beeep beeeep oh thats the sound of a truck backing up.... locking... lifting and driving off with cables dangling from the back..... would such to have one stolen

Oh no my friend...having one of these ripped off is the nightmare.

A 24 camera production studio control room, a full edit suite, a huge audio mixing room, slow mo/replay room, and production/writing room with multple computing systems for the various databases...all in HDTV. Not something to leave the keys in the ignition on...oh yeah, did I forget the optional microwave relay transmitter on the roof?