French hardware and services supplier Bull entered the container market with 'mobull' a container aimed at the ultra-high density market.
The firm described its box as delivering over 160 Teraflops of power from just under 30m2 (320 square foot) of floor space.
A single container can hold up to 15 19''racks set out in five rows of three racks. In this configuration, each rack produces some 40kWin the space usually occupied by just one, with all this heat dissipated using liquid cooling technologies! In terms of cooling and air-conditioning, thanks in particular to the use of an autonomous cooling system that operates independently from the server and storage technologies being used.
The system - which requires no external air-conditioning - helps to cut costs and installation times, says Bull.
Power supplies and connectivity have been specially designed to enable multiple technologies to be supported easily and quickly. Fully thermally insulated, water and 'shockproof', mobull containers can be set up in extreme conditions. The firm is targeting the military, government and emergency response markets.