It ’s not just the bullets that aregetting smart . As the US armed forces pushes for deeper technological integrating in its scrap forces , more and more bandwidth and computing office will be need to keep everything plug in . Dell ’s fresh self - contained server suite will turn even the most remote Forward Operating Base into an impromptu data center .
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nickname the Tactical Mobile Data Center , this wandering waiter resides in a 10 base cubed ISU-96 shipping container that can be airlifted aboard anything from a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter to a C-130 Hercules , as well as over land or by sea . The standard shipping container also helps camouflage the TMDC among the many other ISU-96s found on a typical military base . The container itself is conditions , dust , and George Sand proof and can store up to 10,000 quid of electronics . The container includes an incorporated respiration system and environmental monitoring admit an automatic firing - suppression system .
Inside each case is 120U of server outer space in three 42U – 15KW capability waiter racks with king ply by either a proper grid , through a generator , or both if necessary . It also has a battery UPS in the event of a major power failure . These connect to an ad hoc military connection using either copper , roughage oculus , or BNC quick - connect data link . “ One of the key drivers [ behind the exploitation of the Tactical Mobile Data Center ] was being able to move it in and out of there rapidly , ” John Fitzgerald , CTO of Dell Federal , tell eWEEK . As with most specialized pieces of hardware , the TMDC is not cheap by consumer standards . The IT pack , the actual guts of the system , are price at $ 221,500 — not include host , memory board , and switching equipment . [ Dell – The Register – EWeek – ZDNet – Slashdot – Virtual Strategy ]
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