Intel Considering Portable Data Centers 120
miller60 writes "Intel has become the latest major tech company to express interest in using portable data centers to transform IT infrastructure. Intel says an approach using a "data center in a box" could be 30 to 50 percent cheaper than the current cost of building a data center. "The difference is so great that with this solution, brick-and-mortar data centers may become a thing of the past," an Intel exec writes. Sun and Rackable have introduced portable data centers, while Google has a patent for one and Microsoft has explored the concept. But for all the enthusiasm for data centers in shipping containers, there are few real-world deployments, which raises the question: are portable data centers just fun to speculate about, or can they be a practical solution for the current data center expansion challenges?"
How long before scammers discover these? (Score:5, Funny)
My data in a box (Score:4, Funny)
Steps:
1. Get a box.
2. Put your junk in the box.
3. Make her access the box.
and watch the love, baby...
You're all missing the point (Score:5, Funny)
You see, by closing the door, the actual data contained within' is either there or not there.
What they've done is run a network cable to that same box to check this, thereby solving one of the most fundamental questions of the universe!
Like i said, absolute genious!
Re:My data in a box (Score:3, Funny)
Re:You're all missing the point (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why it probably won't work (Score:1, Funny)
You could pretend you are in the ISS.
Also, would you want to be the captain of a ship carrying several hundred of those? If that ship sinks, then you're in deep trouble. Pun intended. Having hundreds of mobile datacenters on the sea floor isn't going to do you much good, now is it?
You could pretend you are in "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea". Just watch out for sea monsters and such,
Re:LAN Party ! (Score:2, Funny)
Fixed (Score:-1, Funny)
Portable data centers in field use (Score:2, Funny)
2017: government worker loses unencrypted portable data center