> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [On Behalf Of Anne & Lynn Wheeler > > [ snip ] > > IBM thinks outside the box with containerized data centres > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/07/ibm_data_center_containers/ > > from above: > > The idea of putting servers, storage, and networking gear into metal > shipping containers and linking them together into a data centre cluster > is not a new idea - Sun Microsystems was the first to propose the idea > back in October 2006 - but it is catching on enough that IBM is > endorsing the concept and shipping a product.
<Yawn>.... The USMC has had "portable" air traffic control facilities of this nature since at least 1965. Still cheaper than IBM's "portable" data centers: http://www.governmentcontractswon.com/department/defense/an-tsq-18-landi ng-cntrl-cntr.asp?yr=00 -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
