Blade Watch

http://www.verari.com/news/archive/PR110309.asp

San Diego, Calif. – November 3, 2009 – Verari Systems®, a premier developer of data center scale computing platforms with the highest density, availability, and energy efficiency in the market, today announced it was selected as the winner in the category of “Computers and Related Products” in the 16th Annual TechAmerica High Tech Awards for its second generation FOREST container solution. In its sixteenth year, the annual awards program commemorates excellence in the region’s technology industry, and honors outstanding companies for their technological or business innovation; exceptional products or service; product marketplace validation; perseverance in the face of adversity; and community involvement. Verari Systems’ FOREST container was a standout solution delivering the rapid deployment of the most energy efficient, fully integrated IT infrastructure, including computing, storage, networking, virtualization and systems management.

“Our entire staff is honored to be recognized for our green IT solutions by such an esteemed organization as TechAmerica,” said Dan Gatti, senior vice president of Worldwide Market Operations, Verari Systems. “Verari’s innovative FOREST container is probably the best example of how eco-conscious data center environments can be created by combining the most energy efficient equipment with well designed facilities. We are extremely pleased to add another award to our portfolio for this game-changing, revolutionary solution.”

The Verari FOREST container solution is a portable data center that can be rapidly deployed wherever extremely power-efficient compute and storage solutions are needed at a fraction of the cost per square foot of a traditional data center. The FOREST container is designed to house over 2,880 blade-based compute servers or 26 petabytes of blade-based storage. The solution makes use of the same industry-leading patented Vertical Cooling Technology™ that has established Verari Systems as the leader in energy-efficient cooling for blade-based solutions.

I was on the Verari site checking out their blade servers and saw this article talking about their award for their FOREST container solution. I remain a fan of the data in a container concept, I know they got some mixed reviews, but for some scenarios, whether we need to deploy technology in volume in a specific location, or if we want a temporary so to speak solution, they could be ideal.

Would I see an enterprise buy them in volume, possibly not, but as we transform what we mean by the data center, I wonder if these could see increased interest, with the right planning and investment, could these be deployed for those moving into areas for business units. That we are moving into China, parts of Africa or Brazil, could we deploy the Bladewatch truck with the data center loaded ready to handle our immediate onsite computing requirements, the first round infrastructure if you will before the IT teams can be in play ready with the official supported and scaled out solutions?

We need to be adaptable to business needs, that means choosing the most effective and efficient technology with the most effective processes and best practice we can, if this means we have a container behind our new branch whilst the branch is decorated and switched on, fine, whatever gets us online and ready for business.

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