October 26, 2006 | Posted By : Paul Hirsch at 9:20 AM PERMALINK | Blog Comments (1)

Project Blackbox - the world's first portable data center

Since I referenced this topic in one of my Web 2.0 blog post comments, let's try this one on for size together.

Sun Microsystems has announced the release of the world's first "virtualized" datacenter called Project Blackbox, a fully capable DC you can hook up anywhere a truck or helicopter can go.

Your base are belong to Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems CEO and President.

A vision of the future?

Keywords: Project Blackbox, Sun, Jonathan Schwartz

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I like what Jonathan Schwartz wrote on his blog: "Blackboxes aren't for everyone, just like the Internet when it began." He also has a YouTube video tour.

http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/a_picture_s_wo...

The design is remarkably well thought out: overhead cable management area, shock absorbers, cooling systems between racks...

# Posted By Isabel Wang | 10/26/06 3:33 PM

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