Screws screws and why we do what we

Screws, screws, and why we do what we do in data centres today ©John Laban 1

My mission To enrich people's lives with an innovative, interactive presentation that informs, educates and entertains. 2

My 2020 vision for new Data Centres Smart replaces Stupid & Open-Hardware replaces Closed-Hardware 3

@rumperedis 4

Testing tweet…… hello titch 5

“Everything we use in data centres today was designed by someone yesterday” Eureka moment John Laban 6

Which came first ? 7

Module Container Which came first ? 8

Container Simplification and cost reduction though standardisation and commoditisation 9

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Module Container 11

What’s all this bollocks got to do with Data centres !!!! 12

600 mm Module 600 mm Container Why? …… and …. . Which came first ? 13

19 + 11 = 1911 But why 1911 ? “What hath God wrought” Samuel Morse Clues now follow First telegraph message from Washington to Baltimore in 1844 14

19 inch relay racks Morse Code Telegraph Eucla 15

Colossus – first electronic Computer WW 2 “ 2, 000 valves fit nicely into 19 inch racks” Tommy Flowers GPO Telephone Engineer Dollis Hill London Electro mechanical Relay Thermionic Valve 16

Kids don’t always follow the ways of the old. We don’t always need to be victims of the past. 17

Strowger Telephone Exchange Racks The Module The Can 18

The Hard Disk Drive Modules over time 19

How big is the commodity HDD module today ? 20

Four inches wide 21

Dimensions for EIA 19 inch and ETSI 21 inch Racks 22

we haverescue a problem The. Houston international …. . a far from optimal compatibility between modules and containers 21. 18 inches 23

Design Thinking – like blowing up balloons Divergent Expansive Explorative Convergent 21. 18 inches Focused Solution 24

OCP Open Rack 21. 18 inches http: //www. opencompute. org/assets/openrack/Open_Compute_Project_Open_Rack_v 1. 0. pdf 25

OCP will never catch on because it’s not 19 inch 26

How many 4 inch HDD’s across width of racks 5 x HDD = 508 mm OCP Open Rack 538 mm 4 x HDD = 406. 4 mm 21 inch ETSI Rack 500 mm 4 x HDD = 406. 4 mm 19 inch EIA Rack 450 mm 27

OCP HDD storage trays and OCP server 28

How many OCP servers across width of rack How far does the technician need to walk ? 29

Is it a server or a blade server module ? 30

Screws, Tools and Telescopic Rails 31

110 V + 230 V = 1879 12 V + DC = 2020 “We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles” “There's a way to do it better - find it” Thomas Edison 32

Yes some things will never change! …. . QUERTY …. . 33

Teaser for the journey home…… Why when I applied Design Thinking to Disruptive did I invent Rumperedis John Laban Data Centre Architect & Entertrainer john. laban@jrlaban. com @rumperedis 07710 124487 Answer to teaser in footer note of this slide All slides available just ask 34

John Laban - Data Centre Skills & Rumperedis Technologies that are Coming Next 35

OCP interview with John Laban https: //www. dc-professional. com/product/open-compute-project-ocp-awareness-course/ 36

OCP Summit 2016 interview 37

The difficult question is best left to the last 38