>I think the better approach is to not purchase one but to do a
lease so that the hardware stays refreshed and keeps up with technology.
I'm not sure if they've got a service model for doing the leases but >would
be a great way to go for large organizations where you can pay a fee to have
them on standby but managed by Sun or the provider and brought to disaster
sites on-demand.
That is an interesting approach.
> It would be interesting to talk to someone that has used one
during a major event to get their take on them including spin up time to bring
them online.
I hope to do so through this thread.
Lorell
From: owner-nanog@merit.edu
[mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Lorell Hathcock
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:07 PM
To: nanog@merit.edu
Subject: RE: Sun Project Blackbox / Portable Data Center
That’s the issue with these things. It seems that
everyone likes the idea, but no one wants to be the early adopters.
It was pointed out to me that Google has patented the idea, but
yet Sun has working on Project Blackbox for a couple of years. I wonder
if there will be a legal battle between the two over this.
The concept of a portable data center is seems like it could
have some very specific uses. Others?
- Military
- Geo
Physical / Seismic
- Disaster
Recovery
- New
Media / Web 2.0
The same box could also serve these industries with the same
buildings but in a permanent location. Others?
- Telecommunications
/ Fiber
- Semi-Permanent
Data Centers
Lorell
From:
owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Hex
Star
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 3:49 PM
To: Lorell Hathcock; nanog@merit.edu
Subject: Re: Sun Project Blackbox / Portable Data Center
On 10/12/07, Lorell Hathcock
<lorell@hathcock.org> wrote:
Has anyone seen one of these things in real life?
I hear that there's been one sighted in Houston. I would love to take
a tour.
Also, is anyone using anything like this? It seems like they would
make great fiber huts.
I also find this very interesting but don't really know of anyone who has
deployed this in their business