Data Center In a Shoe Box

eldavojohn writes "How would you like to have a data center that uses just 14.5 watts and weighs 255g? It's also only as big as a shoe box! The Register looks at a few solutions to network area storage that make buying a dedicated data server on a rack look like a relic of the past. Yes, it runs Linux."

Comments

Data center at 5400

[iamhigh]

Right, just what I want... a data center full of laptop hard drives running at 5400 RPM.

I wouldn't even want that bottleneck at home.

Not even close to a data center

[h4rr4r]

Heck, not even close to a server or a SAN/NAS. 1TB of storage and a 266Mhz cpu mean that you would need a real data center full of these shoeboxes to get any real work done.

Um... data center != NAS server !=this

[EriktheGreen]

This article is about a nifty little NAS server that's turn-key, runs linux, and runs on an embedded MIPS chip. It's neat, but it's not a replacement for a data center. Or most workgroup file servers. It's about on a par with the network attached hard drives that are pretty common in most computer stores now. Kinda neat, but unless you're into "japanese-ness" of technology that's all it is. This stuff doesn't matter....

iSCSI?

[Anonymous Coward]

I wish there'd be "home" solutions that'd support iSCSI instead.

Cute, but no data center

[nurb432]

I don't see any redundancy for starters.

Also, a 'data center' is more then just lots of storage, people also run applications and 'services' ( like SQL ) in the "data center".

For something to carry around in your bag or to stick in your garage or the trunk of your car, it might be nice, but please don't misrepresent it.