Comments on: HP Offers 20-Foot Version of POD Container http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/02/03/hp-offers-20-foot-version-of-pod-container/ News and analysis about data centers, cloud computing, managed hosting and disaster recovery Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:07:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Mark MacAuley http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/02/03/hp-offers-20-foot-version-of-pod-container/comment-page-1/#comment-10540 Mark MacAuley Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:35:32 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=21691#comment-10540 I saw this in California last week at the Executive briefing center. HP has come a long way in this generation of Pod. The systems 'meet me room' is is one place separating the patch panels from the box and the cabinets. It happened to be pouring rain when I was there and if I had to ding the container vendors - I know they say they can sit outside - but I wouldn't do it. I have a bias against water getting too close to IT equipment. That said there was a lip on top of the door and no water was let it, just tracked in. I guess you could just schedule move in for a nice day and run it lights out. In any case, I read the post above about the thing being overpriced. All I will say is it's all relative, depending on what you measure. On a per U basis, I can see the point, but on the data center equivalent of 250KW to be built is 9-12 months and ~2K per KW so you're at 500K before you get moved in. Add in a PUE and other Opex, and it's comparable in 'build' cost, but will smoke a traditional DC on operating costs day 1 and beyond. If you go high density - cha-ching! I saw this in California last week at the Executive briefing center. HP has come a long way in this generation of Pod. The systems ‘meet me room’ is is one place separating the patch panels from the box and the cabinets. It happened to be pouring rain when I was there and if I had to ding the container vendors – I know they say they can sit outside – but I wouldn’t do it. I have a bias against water getting too close to IT equipment. That said there was a lip on top of the door and no water was let it, just tracked in. I guess you could just schedule move in for a nice day and run it lights out.

In any case, I read the post above about the thing being overpriced. All I will say is it’s all relative, depending on what you measure. On a per U basis, I can see the point, but on the data center equivalent of 250KW to be built is 9-12 months and ~2K per KW so you’re at 500K before you get moved in. Add in a PUE and other Opex, and it’s comparable in ‘build’ cost, but will smoke a traditional DC on operating costs day 1 and beyond. If you go high density – cha-ching!

]]> By: Wednesday data center tidbits. « The Server Room http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2010/02/03/hp-offers-20-foot-version-of-pod-container/comment-page-1/#comment-10528 Wednesday data center tidbits. « The Server Room Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:03:26 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=21691#comment-10528 [...] } First up this morning is the news about HP’s new 20 foot data center container and here. Let’s do a little math on this. This container is $600,000 for 500U of space. Just space, no [...] [...] } First up this morning is the news about HP’s new 20 foot data center container and here. Let’s do a little math on this. This container is $600,000 for 500U of space. Just space, no [...]

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