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Military Data Center In a Suitcase To Get Commercial Release

Posted by samzenpus on from the for-the-center-on-the-go dept.

judgecorp writes: The Mobyl Data Center, designed for the US Department of Defense, puts a data center in a rugged suitcase-sized box, and it will shortly be available commercially. The box includes up to 88 Xeon cores a maximum of 176 GB of RAM, and 2.8 TB of SSD storage with 12TB of hard disk as an option. The system uses credit-card sized MobylPC server units, sealed in epoxy, and rated to survive 300g of shock, but apparently proprietary to the vendor, Arnouse Digital Devices Corp.

3 of 90 comments (clear)

  1. I understand why they need all that power by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 3, Interesting

    they are running the latest version of systemd!

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    "It is now safe to switch off your computer."
  2. Business in a box by unixcorn · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I can see many uses for this. Here in the midwest, where tornadoes are common, insurance companies often provide a business a discount if they physically harden their data centers. If one was to rebuild their infrastructure on one of these devices, and store it securely, I wonder if that would qualify?

  3. Why would you need a mobile data center? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Why would you need a mobile data center? I can understand a mobile server, but if you think you need a mobile data center, maybe you don't understand the concept of "data center".