guyger

Sun's Project Blackbox (Download Squad)

Oct 22nd 2006 7:43PM $500k for seven racks and I would guesstimate 70kw worth of power(two 208v 30amp circuits per rack)? If you read Equinix's SEC filings you will see that they spend approx $25k per rack to build their sites and in some cases that includes the cost of the Real Estate. To be clear, EQIX builds at approx 4kw per rack so you would need about 15 racks to achieve the same power density and that would cost $375k which is much less than the purported $500k for this container. This box product is such a niche offering that if Sun throws too much effort towards it they will be cutting Jonathan's ponytail off and using it to lock the door of one of these boxes while he is inside.

Does Sun think you are just going to park this in a garage and plug it in? There is no such thing as a 100kw receptacle. 10-15% greater efficiency on cooling? News flash people..that is nothing to get excited about. Sun could save us all much more than that if they and others designed the HARDWARE and SOFTWARE to be more efficient and let the datacenter people deal with HVAC efficiency. On top of that, when was the last time you worked with a company that had a finite growth trajectory? This product inherently has finite attributes. What happens when you fill up the seven racks? You just send them a $500k PO and back up another container in the parking lot? What happens when/if you need to downsize? Put the stupid thing on ebay? Jonathan has really lost it...perhaps he never had it becuase if this is the best he can come up with Sun is fucked.