Dell Datacenter-in-a-briefcase Prototype Demo’d [video]

Remember the talk of datacenters-in-containers last year and earlier?  Google were even tipped to have patented the idea ; now, though, a datacenter is simply too large to be fashionable, hence Dell’s datacenter-in-a-briefcase .  To be fair, it’s not quite the briefcase you might take on your daily commute – think 40lb toolcase instead – but that’s still good enough to impress GigaOm. Video demo after the cut The device isn’t actually the official work of Dell; it’s actually th...

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