Sun’s Porject Blackbox is nothing new. Google already has this, except Sun is commericalizing it whereas Google is keeping it internal.

It is nonetheless magnificient piece of technology. It’s a mobile, 8-server rack stuffed in a shipping container that itself is a cooling center. It’s basically a “set it and forget it” datacenter!

You need to check out this tour video. Fat Penguin should place one of these in the backyard and power the Fat Penguin Blog and Lan parties off of it!

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