DCK Guide To Modular Data Centers: Why Modular?

Data Center Knowledge (Oct 20 2011) Construction , Container , Cloud Computing

1. In the first installment of our Guide to Modular Data Centers, we defined modularity as an approach to data center design that implies either a prefabricated data center module or a deployment method for delivering data center infrastructure in a modular, quick and flexible method. Why Modular? The initial challenge for containers and the modular concept was its association with mobility. The Sun Blackbox was seen on oil rigs, war zones and places a data center is typically not found. As an industry of large brick and mortar facilities that went to extremes to protect the IT within, the notion of a data center in a box was not only unattractive, but not seen as a viable solution. However, the Blackbox and other early containerized offerings started a conversation around how data centers could benefit from a new level of standardizing components and delivering IT in a modular fashion around ... (Read Full Article)

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