Gallery of shipping container data centers

Anonymous Anonymous

#1 – 3:20 PM May 12, 2008

Um. These shipping container computer centers are more than just "used by Sun Microsystems". They're MADE by Sun Microsystems.

http://www.sun.com/emrkt/blackbox/story.jsp

Joel Franusic

#2 – 4:45 PM May 12, 2008

There should be a Blackbox at SHDH25 this weekend: http://superhappydevhouse.org/SuperHappyDevHouse25

(Full disclosure: I help host this event)

alex4point0

#3 – 5:04 PM May 12, 2008

Don't forget your gasmask if you want to sleep in there - what's the ventilation like? What kind of nasties slowly leak out of all that plastic and heavy metal?

m1k3y

#4 – 5:12 PM May 12, 2008

flashing on classic X-File's ep Kill Switch here

Anonymous Anonymous

#5 – 5:56 PM May 12, 2008

The image in the post is not of a Sun system, it is a Rackable system (http://www.rackable.com/). In fact, it appears to be an image taken directly from the company website.

Anonymous Anonymous

#6 – 12:29 AM May 13, 2008

yeah that's a rackable unit. i spent three days inside one with two portable space heaters and a lot of coffee. actually, quite peaceful once you get used to the noise and cold.

Anonymous Anonymous

#7 – 6:05 AM May 13, 2008

Back in the '90s we were building small factories in containers. We did a full hard drive factory for one of the big three - complete w/ ultraclean assembly space & support areas. One container for power, air, filtration, three for assembly. Cool fun, the space has limits that force creativity and solutions that would never occur if you were working in a normal space.

vaporlock

#8 – 12:40 PM May 13, 2008

Saddam Hussein had one of these for running his mobile Nuclear Lab. Not!

OM

#9 – 3:24 PM May 13, 2008

...Anyone else reminded of the inside of V'Ger?