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There site is dead, so maybe I missed some benefit. But aren't we talking about a 1ms latency increase to back haul to a proper data center? In theory you can g
by pwarner 8y ago
There site is dead, so maybe I missed some benefit.
But aren't we talking about a 1ms latency increase to back haul to a proper data center?
In theory you can go 90 miles if I did my math right.
- pmorici 8y agoFrom the Google Cached version of their site it looks like they want to be a CDN for mobile. There aren't any details of their actual "micro data centers" that I could find which would be the most interesting aspect of this really.
- staticfloat 8y agoI believe it's called the "Vapor Chamber": https://www.vapor.io/chamber/ https://www.vapor.io/chamber/
- baybal2 8y agoSame outfit marketing them?
- pmorici 8y agoLooks like it is only rated to 104F / 40C that doesn't seem like the kind of things that you can just set outdoors and expect it to work anywhere.
- jzwinck 8y agoThat's because it is designed to be installed indoors. It's more of a prefab datacenter aisle, not a standalone structure. They explain that the central exhaust plenum is to be connected to the building's HVAC, and say "the Vapor Chamber can rest just as easily on a slab floor in an equipment room as it can in a traditional raised floor data center."
- pmorici 8y agoAh, I missed that part, that makes sense.
- ianai 8y agoSeems like a necessity for rural broadband.
- ttul 8y ago200km per ms in fiber
- pwarner 8y ago60 miles then rtt 90 was high, sorry I know it's not full speed of light in vacuum.. but had some error