Digital Realty to Adapt Open Compute Designs

Data Center Knowledge (Nov 11 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

1. Are the custom hardware designs from the Open Compute Project only useful to companies building huge data centers? Or will they ever be practical for companies with smaller data centers? A new participant in the Open Compute initiative could play a crucial role in answering these questions. Data center developer Digital Realty Trust has joined the project, and is adapting its multi-tenant data center designs to give customers the option of implementing elements of the Open Compute designs. The company will continue to use standard power for new buildings, but will also develop an optional layout incorporating the power architecture used in Open Compute. “One of the criticisms of Open Compute is that many companies start out in leased facilities,” said Frank Frankovsky, Chairman and President of the Open Compute Project and Director of Technical Operations at Facebook. “Digital Realty is stepping up and show that Open Compute Project designs ... (Read Full Article)

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