An OpenStack Cloud in the Parking Lot

Data Center Knowledge Oct 12 2012 Construction , Cloud Computing

You may see all manner of vehicles as you search for a parking spot when you arrive at work in the morning. But you may not expect to encounter a cloud. At Dell headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, the company has used space in one of its parking lots of house a Dell Modular Data Center (MDC), which will house Dell’s OpenStack-powered cloud computing platform and Apache Hadoop solutions for customers to test-drive. It’s an interesting example of how modular units can allow companies to use available space on corporate camouses to expand their IT operations.

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