Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

IBM Developing Lego-like Storage Brick

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the don't-play-with-the-storage dept.

AaronW writes "According to this story at EE Times IBM is developing a 32TB storage system built around blocks that can be stacked like Lego bricks. Apparently they will be connected in a 3x3x3 mesh using capacitive coupling and will be water cooled."

3 of 181 comments (clear)

  1. Just Imagine .... by resistant · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Just imagine a Lego cluster of these!"

    That'll be the new obligatory smart-aleck remark about cluster computing technology. :)

    --
    A truly excellent pizza parlor is a delight unto the heavens. Treasure the sauce and the toppings!
  2. Re:In my Crystal Ball I see... by wildsurf · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This is just a marketing ploy so they can sell storage Clusters shaped like Castles, Pirate Ships and the Millenium Falcon!

    No, I think they should sell Clusters shaped like Beowulf.

    --
    Weeks of coding saves hours of planning.
  3. Re:Water cooled? How to interconnect? by Shiny+Metal+S. · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I'm not sure I follow. They say they want it to be easily stackable, and fault tolerant (they specifically mention leaving blocks in place if they fail), but how do you combine that with a water cooling system?

    It can be done without water flowing from one brick to another. If every brick is built in a metal shield/radiator, then the water only flows between the hot parts and that shield within every brick, and the bricks are touching with these metal shields. But I haven't read the article, so I don't know how they actually did it, I just point that it is possible.

    --

    ~shiny
    WILL HACK FOR $$$