It sort of reminds me of a Dell blade chassis that I pulled out of a DC last year - it was pretty impressive tech that I hadn't dealt with. 6 power supplies that I think could take 110v or 220v, but you needed 220v for full capacity. All of them were hot-swappable and as long as you had 3 powered it would keep running. The compute sleds were modular and it also had integrated networking as mentioned in this article. All obviously crafted to a very high standard; even the plastic fan cages felt premium (and I'm told it cost accordingly back in 2010 or so).
Also a former employer who was a bit below the hyperscaler level also had what they called "roll-in racks", though I believe they were just taking standard servers and networking gear and integrating them somewhere (presumably with cheap labor) and then bringing them into the DC as needed.
So I don't think it's a particularly new concept, but I agree it looks like it has some potential as a product.
Also a former employer who was a bit below the hyperscaler level also had what they called "roll-in racks", though I believe they were just taking standard servers and networking gear and integrating them somewhere (presumably with cheap labor) and then bringing them into the DC as needed.
So I don't think it's a particularly new concept, but I agree it looks like it has some potential as a product.