Today Google evidently operates several "container hangers" filled with quantities storage containers stacked on multiple levels in these unique data center buildings.
One of these properties holds up to forty five storage lockers and each locker can hold up to roughly twelve hundred computers and utilizes up to 250 KW of power. according to industry data center specifications that equals 780 watts per square foot of computing power.
Google's design within the containers itself is not a common design. Instead of server racks sitting on the floor, they are actually suspended in the air.
The racks are anchored from above, creating a floating rack environment. The logic for doing this was to create diverse paths for cooling and power -
creating a true separation between the two environments.
Google evidently started working on this model early on, in 2008 it was awarded a patent on what is to be an easily transported data center environment.
Rumour has it that the design stage evoked as primitively as 2003 in that time Google engineers created several prototypes of this environment.
Google's Data Center which houses over forty container data centers is approximately 75,000 sqft in size and has a power capacity of ten megawatts.
This environment has a PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) of 1.25. Google does not publicly state where this facility resides but many experts believe it resides in
close vicinity to its Mountain View California head quarters.
Today, others are trying to mimic the Google storage container based data center model and many technology providers are trying to boost this technology to enterprises
and government agencies. Adoption of this model is still very belated. Like plenty new technologies, many 'C' level directors don't want to be the Test bed for
such as science experiment. Like every other technology which initially faced slow adoption, the prominence of the container data center will make itself center
stage in the next five to ten years according to plentiful technology and data center experts. The scalability and power density these environments creates is
excellent for the amplifying clustered server farms of the future.
Author Resource:-
Tony Salvati is an IT professional which has been involved in the IT industry for over 20 years. He currently works with organizations seeking Server colocation toronto services. He currently oversees marketing of a Colocation facility.
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