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== History ==
The Open Compute Project began in Facebook as an internal project in 2009 called "Project Freedom". The hardware designs and engineering team were led by Amir Michael (Manager, Hardware Design)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-11-27|title=Facebook Follows Google to Data Center Savings|url=https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/11/27/facebook-follows-google-to-data-center-savings|access-date=2020-12-13|website=Data Center Knowledge|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Oxide Computer Company: On the Metal: Amir Michael|url=https://oxide.computer/podcast/on-the-metal-2-amir-michael/|access-date=2020-12-13|website=Oxide Computer Company|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Facebook Hacks Shipping Dock Into World-Class Server Lab|language=en-us|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2012/01/facebook-server-lab/|access-date=2020-12-13|issn=1059-1028}}</ref> and sponsored by Jonathan Heiliger (VP, Technical Operations) and Frank Frankovsky (Director, Hardware Design and Infrastructure). The three would later open source the designs of Project Freedom and co-found the Open Compute Project.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Why I Started the Open Compute Project – Vertex Ventures|url=http://old.vertexventures.com/2015/06/why-i-started-the-open-compute-project/|access-date=2020-12-13|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Introducing the Open Compute Project - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4D9UNXKGV4&ab_channel=FacebookApp|access-date=2020-12-13|website=www.youtube.com| date=7 April 2011 }}</ref> The project was announced at a press event at Facebook's headquarters in Palo Alto on April 7, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-04-07|title=Facebook Opens its Server, Data Center Designs|url=https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/04/07/facebook-opens-its-server-data-center-designs|access-date=2020-12-13|website=Data Center Knowledge|language=en}}</ref>
== OCP projects ==
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===Data storage ===
Open Vault storage building blocks offer high disk densities, with 30 drives in a 2U [[Open Rack]] chassis designed for easy [[disk drive]] replacement. The 3.5 inch disks are stored in two drawers, five across and three deep in each drawer, with connections via [[serial attached SCSI]].<ref>{{Cite web |title= Open Vault Storage Hardware V0.7 OR-draco-bueana-0.7 |author= Mike Yan and Jon Ehlen |date= January 16, 2013 |url= http://www.opencompute.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Open_Compute_Project_Open_Vault_Storage_Specification_v0.7.pdf |access-date= July 9, 2013 |archive-date= May 21, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130521151714/http://www.opencompute.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Open_Compute_Project_Open_Vault_Storage_Specification_v0.7.pdf |url-status= dead }}</ref> This storage is also called Knox, and there is also a cold storage variant where idle disks power down to reduce energy consumption.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Under the hood: Facebook's cold storage system|date=May 4, 2015|url=https://code.facebook.com/posts/1433093613662262/-under-the-hood-facebook-s-cold-storage-system-/|access-date=May 13, 2016}}</ref> Another design concept was contributed by Hyve Solutions, a division of [[Synnex]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Hyve Solutions Contributes Storage Design Concept to OCP Community |work= News release |date= January 17, 2013 |url= http://ir.synnex.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=733922 |access-date= July 9, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130414055759/http://ir.synnex.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=733922 |archive-date= April 14, 2013 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Torpedo Design Concept Storage Server for Open Rack Hardware v0.3 ST-draco-chimera-0.3 |first= Conor |last= Malone |date= January 15, 2012 |url= http://www.opencompute.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Open_Compute_Project_Storage_Server_for_Open_Rack_Specification_v0.3.pdf |access-date= July 9, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130521143229/http://www.opencompute.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Open_Compute_Project_Storage_Server_for_Open_Rack_Specification_v0.3.pdf |archive-date= May 21, 2013 |url-status= dead }}</ref> At the OCP Summit 2016 Facebook together with Taiwanese ODM Wistron's spin-off Wiwynn introduced Lightning, a flexible NVMe JBOF (just a bunch of flash), based on the existing Open Vault (Knox) design.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Introducing Lightning: A flexible NVMe JBOF|first=Chris|last=Petersen|date=March 9, 2016|url=https://code.facebook.com/posts/989638804458007/introducing-lightning-a-flexible-nvme-jbof/|access-date= May 13, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web
===Energy efficient data centers ===
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