>I think the better approach is to not purchase one but to do a lease so that the hardware stays refreshed and keeps up with technology.  I'm not sure if they've got a service model for doing the leases but >would be a great way to go for large organizations where you can pay a fee to have them on standby but managed by Sun or the provider and brought to disaster sites on-demand. 

 

That is an interesting approach. 

 

> It would be interesting to talk to someone that has used one during a major event to get their take on them including spin up time to bring them online. 

 

I hope to do so through this thread.

 

Lorell

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lorell Hathcock
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:07 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Sun Project Blackbox / Portable Data Center

That’s the issue with these things.  It seems that everyone likes the idea, but no one wants to be the early adopters.

 

It was pointed out to me that Google has patented the idea, but yet Sun has working on Project Blackbox for a couple of years.  I wonder if there will be a legal battle between the two over this.

 

The concept of a portable data center is seems like it could have some very specific uses.  Others?

 

-      Military

-      Geo Physical / Seismic

-      Disaster Recovery

-      New Media / Web 2.0

 

The same box could also serve these industries with the same buildings but in a permanent location.  Others?

 

-      Telecommunications / Fiber

-      Semi-Permanent Data Centers

 

Lorell

 

 

 

I also find this very interesting but don't really know of anyone who has deployed this in their business