Open Compute Project: Difference between revisions

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The '''Open Compute Project''' initiative was announced in April 2011 by [[Facebook]] to openly share designs of [[data center]] product designsproducts.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Facebook Shatters the Computer Server Into Tiny Pieces |date= January 16, 2013 |author= Cade Metz |work= Wired |url= http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/01/facebook-server-pieces/ |accessdate= July 9, 2013 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-engineering/building-efficient-data-centers-with-the-open-compute-project/10150144039563920 Building Efficient Data Centers with the Open Compute Project], by Jonathan Heiliger, April 7, 2011, Facebook Engineering's notes</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/04/14/will-open-compute-alter-the-data-center-market/|title=Will Open Compute Alter the Data Center Market}}</ref>

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*A single voltage (12.5 VDC) power supply designed to work with 277 VAC input and 48 VDC battery backup

* Mechanical mounting system: Open racks have the same outside width (600 mm) and depth as standard [[19-inch racksrack]]s, but are designed to mount wider chassis with a 537mm width (about 21 inches). This allows more equipment to fit in the same volume and improves air flow. Compute chassis sizes are defined in multiples of an OpenU, which is 48mm.

*Open Rack mechanical mounting system

:Open racks have the same outside width (600 mm) and depth as standard 19-inch racks, but are designed to mount wider chassis with a 537mm width (about 21 inches). This allows more equipment to fit in the same volume and improves air flow. Compute chassis sizes are defined in multiples of an OpenU, which is 48mm.

*Data center designs for energy efficiency, including 277 VAC power distribution that eliminates one transformer stage in typical data centers

*On May 8, 2013, an effort to define an open [[network switch]] was announced.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Up next for the Open Compute Project: The Network |date= May 8, 2013 |author= Jay Hauser for Frank Frankovsky |work= Open Compute blog |url= http://www.opencompute.org/2013/05/08/up-next-for-the-open-compute-project-the-network/ |accessdate= July 9, 2013 }}</ref> The plan was to allow Facebook to load its own [[operating system]] software onto the switch. Press reports predicted that more expensive and higher-performance switches would continue to be popular, while less expensive products treated more like a [[commodity]] (using the [[buzzword]] "top-of-rack") might adopt the proposal.<ref>{{Cite news |title= Can Open Compute change network switching? |author= David Chernicoff |work= ZDNet |date= May 9, 2013 |accessdate= July 9, 2013 }}</ref>

*Open, OS-agnostic top-of-rack switch (announced May 8, 2013)

==References==