Tuesday, May 13th 2014
Tranquil PC and Mark Shuttleworth Launch Ubuntu Orange Box
At the end of November 2013, Ubuntu / Canonical contacted Tranquil PC to commission the design and manufacture of what would become known as 'The Orange Box'. Today, 13th May 2014, Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth launches the product to the world at OpenStack (Atlanta).
The Orange Box is an innovative, custom designed micro cluster chassis, envisioned by Canonical, and contract manufactured by TranquilPC Limited. The chassis includes a small cluster of Intel NUC (Next Unit of Computing) boards, and is particularly well suited for portable demonstration and local prototyping of cloud workloads. The Orange Box, manufactured in the UK to exacting standards is available to order and ships internationally (free of charge). For more information, visit this page.
The Orange Box is an innovative, custom designed micro cluster chassis, envisioned by Canonical, and contract manufactured by TranquilPC Limited. The chassis includes a small cluster of Intel NUC (Next Unit of Computing) boards, and is particularly well suited for portable demonstration and local prototyping of cloud workloads. The Orange Box, manufactured in the UK to exacting standards is available to order and ships internationally (free of charge). For more information, visit this page.
10 Comments on Tranquil PC and Mark Shuttleworth Launch Ubuntu Orange Box
Seems like this is a cloud appliance/server, not a PC... from their site:
"Each Orange Box contains 10 nodes, each with 4 cores, 16GB of RAM, and generous SSD storage. The box is pre-loaded with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, MAAS, and Juju."
pretty sweet...
- If you've created the next big cloud thing and are looking for deep pockets to buy out your technology, this is a nice show piece.
- Developers of MMOs have setup mini-realms at shows before, so that users can play with future expansions.
The theme you may have noticed is that it'll get seen by other people at various locations which is why it's so pretty and compact.