[SATLUG] Sun's Project Black Box

[Dean McCall]

Justizin wrote:
> read: "Sun innovates by offering Google-style infrastructure as a
> generic product."
hehe yeah I saw that...I will ponder that one for a while...

Have to say though I am pretty impressed with Sun's CoolThreads line of 
servers...as a data center guy I can attest to these things cutting down 
on the juice.  With little to no compromise on performance.  Best of all 
they will run on Gentoo and Unbuntu in addition to OpenSolaris.  As 
people get concerned more and more with the environment it's nice to see 
someone making a effort.  As and technologist and an environmentalist I 
live a very conflicted life;)

dean
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> 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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