Monday, July 21, 2008

IBM: Containers Will Provide Instant Capacity

An interesting comment by IBM, in a Data Center Knowledge article about data center containers:

>>On June 11 IBM unveiled its "data center family" of modular systems, including the Portable Modular Data Center (PMDC), a container product that can ship with compute capacity only, or as a self-contained data center with complete physical infrastructure including UPS, cooling systems, batteries, fire suppression and remote monitoring.

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But the larger market will be for enterprise customers that have run out of data center space - or power and cooling - and need additional capacity in a hurry. Cefola noted projections that 80 percent of data center operators will need to expand their facilities in the next two years.

"Nine out of 10 of our clients say they can't build a data center fast enough," said Cefola. "We see that it's a tremendous opportunity."

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