Comments on: Exclusive: First Look Inside the HP POD Data Centers

By: Exclusive: Dell Shows Off a Data Center — In a Briefcase!

Exclusive: Dell Shows Off a Data Center — In a Briefcase! — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:01:08 +0000

[...] 14, 2009 | 2:00 PM PT | 0 comments | 0 tweets retweet » Containerized data centers were the hot trend for server vendors last year, although the rate of adoption seems to be fairly slow. But a rep for Dell recently let [...]

By: Data Center Containers - Data Center Map Blog

Data Center Containers - Data Center Map Blog — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:55:52 +0000

[...] HP & GigaOM. Video: Product video, Tour #1, Tour #2, Tour [...]

By: AlbertK

AlbertK — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:14:08 +0000

You forgot to mention Verari, which has 3 containers that have been in production for close to two years now!

By: JamesL

JamesL — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:21:31 +0000

It is cool, I dont know why they didn’t take advantage of the modularity? It sucks a lot of power too- so much for efficient. I have seen several of these now and wait until you see what is going to pop up here in the next couple weeks. It will change the world as you know it. See you folks at the exhibition!

By: The GigaOM Interview: Russ Daniels, HP’s Cloud Guru

The GigaOM Interview: Russ Daniels, HP’s Cloud Guru — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:01:18 +0000

[...] hyperscale data centers. But there’s been a change in that perspective as products such as containerized data centers allow customers to build energy-efficient compute capacity at low incremental costs, so there will [...]

By: Sun Crams the Entire Internet In a Box

Sun Crams the Entire Internet In a Box — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:14:09 +0000

[...] petaflops petabytes of archived web pages is also stored in a shipping container. Yes, I have this thing for data centers in a box, but if a group is going to corral the bits and bytes required to generate a historical record of [...]

By: How AT&T Gets Your iPhone or U-verse Back Online After Disaster

How AT&T Gets Your iPhone or U-verse Back Online After Disaster — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:39:14 +0000

[...] carrying generators, tools and even ready-to-eat meals are also deployed. Since I love any sort of gear crammed into a container, I really wish I could have seen [...]

By: Trailer Park 2.0: Where All Your Data Lives - GigaOM

Trailer Park 2.0: Where All Your Data Lives - GigaOM — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:26:39 +0000

[...] on the Jerry Springer Show, servers do not operate well in mobile homes. However, as Microsoft, HP, Verari and others have shown, high density blade servers can be packed with hundreds of terabytes [...]

By: Building a Blade Server: The HP Factory Tour - GigaOM

Building a Blade Server: The HP Factory Tour - GigaOM — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:00:20 +0000

[...] Monday, September 29, 2008 at 3:00 PM PT Comments (0) Last Friday, not only did I get a first look at HP’s containerized data center, but I was given a tour of its factory floors in Houston, where HP makes high-value custom servers [...]

By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:38:29 +0000

IndiaSphere, Good eye. I meant to point that out in the post. He was awesome to talk to because he was so enthusiastic about the design, the hardware and even the cabling–not from a salesman point of view, but because he helped build this thing. The Compaq shirt sealed that impression. He apparently also designed the fans that HP uses to cool their blade servers. They’re modeled on jet engines and it certainly sounds like an airfield when they kick on.

By: IndiaSphere

IndiaSphere — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 03:49:43 +0000

The guy’s wearing a Compaq shirt…he’s been around a while :)

By: Jens

Jens — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:01:38 +0000

When you watch this video and catch yourself saying ‘cool’ at the end, you know you are a geek. I did :) LOL