Sun has completed the consolidation of a nine data centre campus inherited from the StorageTek acquisition into a five storey office block. Here are the results.
on Jan 27 2009 3:30PM
Ten StorageTek SL8500 libraries interconnected into one large library that is generally referred as an SL8500 10-string.
Mainframe is on the left and on the right is the Customer Technology Center (CTC) for product functionality and interoperability testing.
Looking into the mainframes area - the only part to retain a raised floor.
Wider angle view of the mainframe area.
Detail of the POD in the Customer Technology Center data centre.
CTC data centre on the second floor.
A Pod sits in the CTC data centre with a Sun Blade 6048.
Sun uses overhead cooling for efficiency and to maximise floor space.
Detail of infrastructure rack and XDV cooling units in the Customer Technology Center.
Another view of the new data centre.
Ten StorageTek SL8500 libraries interconnected into one large library that is generally referred as an SL8500 10-string.