Hewlett-Packard demonstrates its Performance Optimized Data center (POD)

Date: Jun 17, 2009

By Mark Fontecchio
News Writer, SearchDataCenter.com

In this video, Hewlett-Packard shows off Performance Optimized Data center (POD), which is its version of a containerized data center. Though HP boasts of being able to deploy a fully stocked POD in six weeks, it comes with a hefty seven-figure price tag, and as you'll see in this video, server maintenance might be a little tight.

The video runs about two minutes.

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