Open Compute Developing Wider Rack Standard

1sockchuck writes "Are you ready for wider servers? The Open Compute Project today shared details on Open Rack, a new standard for hyperscale data centers, which will feature 21-inch server slots, rather than the traditional 19 inches. "We are ditching the 19-inch rack standard," said Facebook's Frank Frankovsky, who said the wider design offered better heat removal and a unified approach to power, including a 12 volt busbar. The Open Compute Project, developed by Facebook to advance open source hardware design, believes an open approach can avoid the mistakes of blade server chassis design."

Ok, then.

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

> Open Compute Developing Wider Rack Standard

Well, programmers have been getting fatter over the years. I suppose this applies to the female ones, too.

Re:metric?

[Christian Smith]

Arguing metric vs. imperial units is pretty much the epitome of bikeshedding.
We can do arithmetic nowadays.

We can do, but people (even rocket scientists!) still get it wrong: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter [wikipedia.org]

Technical issues should use SI units.

Re:metric?

[MetalliQaZ]

Actually, I think deliberations over the color of a bike shed is the epitome of bikeshedding.