1. AOL's Mike Manos celebrates the Data Center Independence on 4th of July 2012, freedom via the micro data center

    AOL's Mike Manos celebrates the Data Center Independence on 4th of July 2012, freedom via the micro data center

    Mike Manos has a post on AOL's Data Center independence.  The micro data center looks like it has a 50KW capacity which could support a configuration like 100 dual proc 128 GB RAM,  dual HD servers, network switch, and storage appliance.  16 processor cores would give the micro data center 1,600 VM cores with 8 GB of ARM.  Slide in some SSD's to make the environment energy efficient and higher performing.  This is a nice cloud environment as modules to deploy.  I think Mike learned that a 40' container is not as flexible.  You can air ship a micro data center and it is much easier to deploy.  Air shipping a 40' container is really really expensive and can be difficult to deploy. AOL’s Data Center Independence DayJuly 5, 2012 by mmanos Yesterday we celebrated Independence Day here in the United States.   It’s a day ...

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