「米HP、コンテナ型データセンタシステム発表へ(HP POD)」

米Pは7月16日、コンテナ型のデータセンタシステムである「HP POD」(HP Performance Optimized Data Center)を発表した。

同システムとは、4000平方フィート(4000-plus square feet)規模のデータセンタを、わずか一つコンテナ(40フィート)で提供可能という。

HP announced a container-based data center offering, HP POD(HP Performance-Optimized Data Center);

As the first offering of its kind designed specifically to deliver a wide range of industry-standard technology, the HP Performance-Optimized Data Center (HP POD) addresses these challenges by:

Supporting a wide variety of HP and third-party technology, providing customers with more freedom to match their technology environments.
Providing customers with more density than competitive offerings by supporting more than 3,500 compute nodes, or 12,000 large-form-factor hard drives, in a 40-foot shipping container.
Delivering the equivalent of 4,000-plus square feet of typical data center capacity that ships within six weeks of the customer’s order.
Offering flexible configurations optimized for power or density, which enables customers to quickly upgrade or extend the capacity of their physical infrastructures to meet their specific business needs.
Providing HP POD Infrastructure Services, including assessment, preparation and deployment services, as well as data center design and planning through EYP Mission Critical Facilities, a company of HP.

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