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Stanford Gets First Sun Blackbox

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the park-plug-and-play dept.

miller60 writes "The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) will be the first end-user to get a Project Blackbox portable data center from Sun Microsystems. The 20-foot shipping container (which will be white, not black) will sit on a concrete pad behind the computer building with hookups to power, a 10-gigabit network connection and a chiller located on an adjacent pad. The 'data center in a box' will allow the SLAC to expand its computing capacity even though its existing data center has maxed out its power and cooling."

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  1. The Market? by TheRaven64 · · Score: 5, Funny

    People were complaining that Sun didn't have a decent portable computer (they sold a few Tadpoles, but nothing they made themselves), and this is what they came up with. Apparently it's meant to be an iPhone killer.

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    1. Re:The Market? by Jonny0stars · · Score: 3, Funny

      I have to admit its not exactly pocket sized, although if you have combat pants you could probably fit it in side pouch.
      I haven't found anything that doesn't fit in them side pouches.

    2. Re:The Market? by deniable · · Score: 3, Funny

      It depends on where you leave the iPhone. Hell, a 20' container could be an iPhone mass murderer.

  2. the obligatory... by ArcSecond · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow! Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these? :)

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    1. Re:the obligatory... by 6Yankee · · Score: 4, Funny

      Umm, a container ship? That'd be a portable Beowulf cluster of portable data centers.

    2. Re:the obligatory... by notthe9 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Wow! Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these? :)

      But does it run Solaris?

  3. Re:Um OK, but black? by EveryNickIsTaken · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it really that hard to read the SECOND SENTENCE of the summary?

  4. Re:How long before someone steals it? by hunterkll · · Score: 4, Funny

    Shit! Someone just stole my datacenter! :(

  5. Very fast but... by Cygfrydd · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... will it run Vista’s Aero interface?

    Cheap shot, I know.

    @yg

  6. Re:Um OK, but black? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    And only looking at the pictures?

  7. Re:buy your sun boxen here... by LighterShadeOfBlack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, because now that everyone here on /. has seen it sales will go through the roof.

    As I type this I'm on the phone with Sun ordering a $500,000 portable data centre off the back of an article I read via slashdot. Finally something that can run Aero!

    I agree though, this is a shameless plug. It's a growing trend unfortunately. Remember just last year the /. sellout editors were trying to hawk their advertisers' wares with a slashvertisement for Spaceship One. I was helpless to resist their blatant advertising and now I've got Spaceship's Two and Three just sitting in the garage. I never even use them. Curse you /. editors and your evil advertising!

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  8. Prank by Joebert · · Score: 4, Funny

    What do you think would happen if a student pasted a "PODS" label on the side of it & called the company to come do a pickup ?

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  9. Checklist by Dan+East · · Score: 4, Funny

    Faraday cage large enough to encompass a shipping container... Check.
    Honking-big wirecutters... Check.
    Rollback flatbed truck with 20' bed and winch... Check.

    Dan East

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  10. No Way Is This Going To Be Successful by smackenzie · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, look Apple, tried the whole white computer in a box thing with their so-called "Cube" and it never took off. To make it worse:

    1. I think this computer looks even BIGGER and UGLIER than the Cube. (Can someone post picture of Cube and this together so we can see size differences to confirm?)

    2. Though the internet connection is decent, I don't see a firewire port. HELLO! People still use firewire these days!!

    3. Can I use it as a media center device? Those are cool. I think most American's will be able to fit this in their living room under their TV, but no way the Japanese are going to go for it with their smaller apartments...

    Nice try, Sun, but I'm not going out and picking up another electrical substation powerstrip just to plug this (probably) under-powered and over-priced white "computer in a box" copycat...

    1. Re:No Way Is This Going To Be Successful by moosesocks · · Score: 2, Funny

      No wireless. Less space than a truck full of Nomads. Lame.

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  11. Re:Um OK, but black? by PCM2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    pardon me. Egg on my face. I keep skipping directly to the the f'ing articles


    You really, REALLY must be new here.

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  12. Dude, by tabby · · Score: 2, Funny

    Where's my datacenter ?

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