"Yosemite": the first open source modular chassis for high-powered microservers

[dsr12]

https://code.facebook.com/posts/1616052405274961/introducing-yosemite-the-first-open-source-modular-chassis-for-high-powered-microservers-/

[universaltest]

Have we really run out of new names for things already?

[msane → universaltest]

One brainstorming technique is to stare deeply into your desktop background and say what come to mind.

[hmate9 → universaltest]

This just in: Apple's next OS release will be called "WhatsApp".

[stephengillie → hmate9]

Soon to be followed by a new browser called "Spotify".

[chadillac → stephengillie]

You gotta checking out "Internet Explorer" on iOS, it's the best mobile game I've ever played.

[tylermac1 → chadillac]

That actually sounds like it could be the name of a game.

[venomsnake → universaltest]

It is obviously the roughest, toughest, root'nest, toot'nest, fastest server west of the Pecos!

[Lio → venomsnake]

...so you could say it was a bit of a Maverick? A real Lion of a server?

[marktangotango → venomsnake]

For those who may not get the reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_Sam#Quotes

[calinet6 → universaltest]

Us Californians just really, really like Yosemite.

[lewisflude]

I think it's really stupid that they called it Yosemite when it's the name of the current version of OSX.

[rajington → lewisflude]

This may have been in the works for a while. Internally it could have been called Yosemite for years, and marketing probably didn't see a conflict as Yosemite is a pretty consumer name.

[benologist → rajington]

In less than a year OS X will be called something else, too.

[zaroth]

Very interesting comparing this to Intel's Xeon D which was also just announced: http://www.anandtech.com/show/9070/intel-xeon-d-launched-14n... 45W TDP including dual 10GBE!

[wmf → zaroth]

You're comparing it against itself since Yosemite uses Xeon D.

[sschueller]

Where is the source? What is open source? The PCB?

[itsbits]

"This system will be fully compatible with Open Rack, which can accommodate up to 192 SoC server cards in a single rack."

This is great..

[KaiserPro]

What SoC are they using?

intel? POWER? arm?

It'd be interesting to find out. Does intel even have a 65w SoC?

[mcbain → KaiserPro]

Xeon D for starters.

http://ark.intel.com/products/family/87041/Intel-Xeon-Proces...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/10/facebook_open_comput...

[jefurii → KaiserPro]

Would be cooler if they were using <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-pi-compute-module-new-p....

[jefurii → jefurii]

Would be cooler if they were using these: http://www.raspberrypi.org/raspberry-pi-compute-module-new-p...

[web007]

It'll be interesting to see the devices that come out of this, sort of a standardized blade server.

I'm still looking for the PoE powered version of this for a small cluster, having a single connection for power and data. Dual NICs would give you ~50W to work with, so it would need something a lot less than the 65W TDP just for the chip. It's also discouraging to see that they tried (and ruled out) the SoCs currently on the market - I'm looking for one of those as well, something that can at least compete with the performance of my 6-year-old desktop processor.

Edit: Looks like the Xeon D would do it, 45W TDP for the whole SoC - http://www.anandtech.com/show/9070/intel-xeon-d-launched-14n...

[wmf → web007]

There's plenty of Avoton stuff on the market if that's what you want. I haven't seen motherboards running off POE, but you may be able to use an extractor and then step down to 12V.

[amalag]

Is this like Seamicro or like a blade chassis?

[lasermike026]

I've been waiting for this, servers the size of ashtrays.