I can only think of three reasons off the top of my head to use these... Disasters, Disasters, Disasters.
Once a datacenter in a disaster situation starts reaching the critical point (like Zipa in N.O. during Katrina, or Verio in Boca Raton during Wilma), with no fuel relief in sight, these things will become very attractive. Simply plop this in another city, transfer your content, and you're done. Of course, nothing's that easy (I'm oversimplifying ad nauseum), but I bet Zipa would've paid full list price for one or two of these puppies and given it a go. Dan Farrell tpb > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > stuartv > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 2:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Org (E-mail) > Subject: Re: Sun BlackBox > > >On 11/1/06, Chris Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Wed, 2006-11-01 at 14:55 -0300, Gustavo Rios wrote: > >> > Dear list members, > >> > > >> > While visiting sun blackbox home page, i saw they have a new project > >> > called blackbox. But i don't know whether openbsd could be used > within > >> > it. > >> > > >> > Gustavo Rios > >> > >> Do you plan to need a trailer full of Sun hardware? > >> > >> > >> They're just normal Sun machines in a trailer. > > > >Why would you ever want a trailer of computers? So you can go RV'ing > >and still hack?; get a double degree in Hick/Nerdism? > > > >-Nick > > > > I'm in Florida where each year we never know if a Hurricane will hit > or not. A trailer like this would be nice to have if your building > gets blown/washed away. The only problem is where to put it. If it > is so bad that your building is gone I don't think a trailer would > fare any better. > > stuart
