[SATLUG] Sun's Project Black Box

[Justizin]

read: "Sun innovates by offering Google-style infrastructure as a
generic product."

On 12/1/06, Dean McCall <dean.mccall at nvision2020.com> wrote:
> Has anyone else seen Sun's project black box project?  Quite an
> interesting idea on modular data centers design...good fodder for a
> Friday...
>
>
>         A Novel Datacenter Concept
>
> Project Blackbox packages compute, storage, and network infrastructure
> capabilities into scalable, modular units outfitted with
> state-of-the-art cooling, monitoring, and power distribution systems.
> Customers will be able to order a variety of standard and custom
> configurations of systems, storage, networking, and software. Housed in
> a standard 20-foot shipping container for maximum flexibility, Project
> Blackbox will be easily transported using common shipping methods.
> Simple hookups for water, AC power, and networking will enable customers
> to quickly deploy Project Blackbox upon delivery.
>
>
>         Inside Project Blackbox
>
> The Project Blackbox prototype is a computing powerhouse capable of
> hosting a configuration that would place it among the top 200 fastest
> supercomputers globally. The current prototype could support the
> following capacities:
>
>     * A single Project Blackbox could accommodate 250 Sun Fire T1000
>       servers with the CoolThreads technology
>       <http://www.sun.com/servers/coolthreads/t1000/> with 2000 cores
>       and 8000 simultaneous threads.
>     * A single Project Blackbox could accommodate 250 x64-based servers
>       with 1000 cores.
>     * A single Project Blackbox could provide as much as 1.5 petabytes
>       of disk storage or 2 petabytes of energy-efficient tape storage.
>     * A single Project Blackbox could provide 7 terabytes of memory.
>     * A single Project Blackbox could handle up to 10,000 simultaneous
>       desktop users.
>     * A single Project Blackbox currently has sufficient power and
>       cooling to support 200 kilowatts of rackmounted equipment.
>
> https://photos.sun.com/page/1182
>
> Dean
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Justizin, Independent Interactivity Architect
ACM SIGGRAPH SysMgr, Reporter
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