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Opscode Gets $11M to Take on IBM and HP Management Software — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:02:01 +0000

[...] the hardware level it’s a willingness to architect for uncertainty and expect failure of the underlying servers or storage drives, as exemplified by Google. For data [...]

By: Google: The Data Center Is the Computer

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[...] lays out the concept of warehouse-scale computers (which we have previously referred to as both web-scale computing and mega data centers), specifically how to build out the infrastructure to support Internet [...]

By: HP Finally Boards the Mega Data Center Bandwagon

HP Finally Boards the Mega Data Center Bandwagon — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:46:38 +0000

[...] its own, highly proprietary iDataPlex hardware for the same market last year. Two years ago Dell created a custom-order business aimed at serving this market while HP focused on better blades for enterprises and building custom [...]

By: Dell Builds a VIA-Powered Server to Cut Power Costs

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[...] power used by a typical Intel or AMD-based server, through its Data Center Solutions Group. That group builds custom servers for customers buying more than 2,000 machines at a time. Those customers are generally operating [...]

By: Rackable’s New Servers Like It Hot

Rackable’s New Servers Like It Hot — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:09:32 +0000

[...] competitive with Cisco planning a new line of servers dubbed the Unified Computing system, Dell creating a seperate business unit just to deal with web scale customers, and HP has a web-scale service design team as well. Intel [...]

By: How Dell Will Respond to Cisco’s Server Challenge | Online Buissnes

How Dell Will Respond to Cisco’s Server Challenge | Online Buissnes — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:16:42 +0000

[...] To be sure, Cisco’s new proposed solution is good for those looking to solve problems involving large data sets in large data centers. Dell, on the other hand, makes servers for the broadest customer base possible. Or as Becker put it, “Dell has its own version of data center computing.” (Related post: An Inside Look at Dell’s Cloud Server Lab.) [...]

By: How Dell Will Respond to Cisco’s Server Challenge

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By: The Rise of the Mega Data Center « JCurve

The Rise of the Mega Data Center « JCurve — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:34:21 +0000

[...] servers designed for mega data centers into its Scalable Computing Initiative. But so far, it’s Dell that’s created a business around building customized servers for each customer using off-the-shelf hardware. Indeed, Dell understands that tiny savings in hardware spread out [...]

By: The Rise of the Mega Data Center

The Rise of the Mega Data Center — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:02:01 +0000

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Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:10:13 +0000

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By: ophirk

ophirk — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:04:16 +0000

In a virtual cloud the bandwidth of the BUS might be more important than the bandwidth of external switch.
Still both tools seems to be quit impressive.
There is no information about the storage maker ? It Is Dell or someone else ?
Mose people use SAN for various software related features and these are not mentioned as well.

By: James

James — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:49:59 +0000

Stacey, proofread your posts for grammar please.

By: gp

gp — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:10:26 +0000

Checkout AOE or ATA over ethernet which can deliver PETABYTE scale storage at lowest cost ,
The simplicity of AoE allows low-cost hardware to serve as networked storage devices. Using ethernet network topology to isolate the non-routable AoE traffic is an alternative to the more complex security strategies used for managing other types of networked storage.Company which is responsible for development of ATA is http://www.coraid.com/, also makes harware based on it

By: hgheffects

hgheffects — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:46:35 +0000

Nice !!! thanks for your feedbacks

By: Sanjeev Kumar

Sanjeev Kumar — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:10:16 +0000

Oh I am sorry Ms. Stacey, I thought the article is written by Mr. OM, But any way congratulations. The article is really good.

By: Sanjeev Kumar

Sanjeev Kumar — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:06:50 +0000

Really well explained article Mr OM, you deserve to be one of the finest blogger alive. You tour so much and you really enjoy each trip , I can say that because it reflects in your articles.