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A Server That Can Fall From the Sky, and Survive

alphadogg writes "A rugged server from NCS Technologies introduced on Friday can withstand drops, will work in extreme temperatures and can be deployed via parachute into crisis areas or war zones if needed. The Bunker XRV-5241 is a 1U rack server designed for organizations such as the military and first responders that need servers in rugged environments. The server has been tested to meet U.S. Department of Defense specifications for environmental, temperature and shock requirements." Hope they drop some hardened screens, too, to help with setup.

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  1. Useless without pictures by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Needs pictures of the inside so we can see what makes it so rugged, but not even the manufacturer website has internal pictures, and the outside is just a generic 1U server.

    1. Re:Useless without pictures by Joce640k · · Score: 5, Informative

      Here's a link to the manufacturer's site, with pictures that don't need Javascript or social networking enabled:

      http://www.ncst.com/content/bunker-xrv-5241

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  2. Re:Perfect for me. by bloodhawk · · Score: 3, Funny

    sounds like you need to bolt stuff down or upgrade your girlfriend to the 2.0 model.

  3. I'm waiting for the day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    when one of these things accidentally drops on someone below and the official report is death from "server overhead."

    1. Re:I'm waiting for the day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      I have always been sceptical about cloud computing. It's downright dangerous!

  4. Don't worry Iran... by flyingfsck · · Score: 3, Informative

    Bah, only +50 Celsius. Quite useless in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and Siria...

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  5. Re:Perfect for me. by johnsnails · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or not... look at his sig, oh wait

  6. Enhanced Administration by pepsikid · · Score: 5, Funny

    This wouldn't work for me, because the only thing that keeps some of my servers from misbehaving is the fact that they know I can drop-kick it down the stairwell if it acts up one more time.

  7. Re:Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
  8. Nice Slashvert. by couchslug · · Score: 3, Informative

    I see fans and a more-or-less standard case.

    So fucking what? Build it like a tactical radio, with a cast. finned case with no vents and passive cooling then I'll be impressed.

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  9. Maybe Dell would be interested? by ClickOnThis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can't wait to see the "2-hour delivery" radio button on their checkout page.

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