Wednesday, April 4th 2007
Sun's Supreme Server Service
Let's imagine you are planning a huge LAN party right in the middle of nowhere with nearly no infrastructure. Or you are company whose data center needs a temporary upgrade. Or imagine you want to serve a place, that suffers from a natural disaster, with computational power. What do you think might help you out on that? Exactly - Sun's Blackbox, a complete data center designed for rapid redeployment, unmatched flexibility and breakthrough economics stuffed into a 20-foot shipping container.
Introduced last year, in October, the Blackbox is still in a prototype stage, but Sun already decided to turn it into a commercial product. While this prototype is on a tour through the U.S. the guys from Ars Technica attended a guided tour at its stop-off in Seattle, Washington. The detailed review of the Blackbox, and its different compartments, makes the article a very interesting read.
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Ars Technica
Introduced last year, in October, the Blackbox is still in a prototype stage, but Sun already decided to turn it into a commercial product. While this prototype is on a tour through the U.S. the guys from Ars Technica attended a guided tour at its stop-off in Seattle, Washington. The detailed review of the Blackbox, and its different compartments, makes the article a very interesting read.
15 Comments on Sun's Supreme Server Service
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On a side note. I want one. There is probably enough physical memory to hold our entire database.
read the initial post...
Seriously, all I can think about is what if one of those was stolen @_o or ended up in a country like Iran?
Another that similar to this is the Whitebox by APC, the difference it is built with 18-wheeler truck... just like what u see on futuristic movies. For me, the Whitebox seems much convenient and efficient bcoz can be moved at any times.
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