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A Look Inside HP's POD Container

Posted By Rich Miller On July 16, 2008 @ 12:31 pm In Hewlett-Packard | Comments Disabled

hp-pod-open.jpgHP today became the latest hardware vendor to launch a data center container product, the Performance Optimized Data Center (POD) [1], which is housed in both 20-foot and 40-foot long shipping containers. HP is targeting the unit as a transitional data center solution for companies that need to quickly expand their operations. The company says the POD can support power loads of up to 1,800 watts per square foot (27 kW per rack). The product will be available sometime in the third quarter of this year. Here’s a closer look inside the HP POD and some of its features.


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The POD will be able to accommodate up to 22 racks, which are
slightly taller than normal 19-inch racks (50U vs 42U).


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The POD uses HP’s Modular Cooling System, which uses chilled water.

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A look at the rear and side of the containers, showing the piping and hookups.

About Rich Miller [2]

Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.

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[1] Performance Optimized Data Center (POD): http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2008/Jul/16/hp_unveils_its_pod_data_center_container.html

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