Sun's BlackBox In Manhattan

Sun Microsystems continues to generate media attention with its Project Blackbox ^[1] portable data center, which it has now taken on the road. On Monday the Blackbox-on-Wheels made a pit stop in Manhattan, as chronicled by Information Week ^[2]:

At a spot normally occupied by yellow cabs and pretzel vendors, a mobile, 18-wheel data center crammed with millions of dollars worth of servers and other computer systems sat parked Monday afternoon outside New York City’s Grand Central Station in midtown Manhattan. … (Sun eco-computing VP Dave) Douglas says the price will vary widely based on configuration but added that the trailer parked Monday outside Grand Central, which drew more than a few curious looks from passers-by, contained about $2.5 million worth of high-tech systems. Forget The Club, put a LoJack on that thing!

Must … resist … linking to the slideshow ^[3] … Sorry, I’ve been caught up in the vast media gravitational field generated by the Blackbox. So here’s the slideshow ^[3] offering a look inside (including the Big Red Button ^[3]).

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URLs in this post:

[1] Project Blackbox: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2006/Oct/17/sun_unveils_data_center_in_a_box.html

[2] Information Week: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197800265

[3] linking to the slideshow: http://www.informationweek.com/galleries/showImage.jhtml?galleryID=7&imageID=4&articleID=197800265

[4] Rich Miller: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/author/richm/

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