January 16-17, 2013 Santa Clara
Open Rack Workshop Day 1
Matt Corddry, Facebook
Pierluigi Sarti, Facebook
Steve Mills, Facebook
Richard Chan, Delta Products
Patrick MacDonald, Sanmina Corp
Eric Wilcox, Emerson Network Power
?Matt Corddry, Open Rack Project Chair Manager, Facebook Hardware Design
?Gloria Lau
?Manager, Rack & Power Team, Facebook Pierluigi Sarti
?Technical Lead, Rack & Power, Facebook Steve Mills
?Mech Engineer, Rack & Power, Facebook Samir Kala
?Test Engineer, Rack & Power, Facebook
?R ichard Chan
?Data Center Solution R&D Manager, Delta Products
?P atrick MacDonald
?SVP, Mechanical System Division, Sanmina Corp
?E ric Wilcox
?VP of Engineering and Operations, Emerson Network Power
How did we get here? Open Compute Rack Overview
Matt Corddry, Facebook
Pierluigi Sarti, Facebook
19” Racks: Complex Deployment
19” Racks: Some Assembly Required
19” Racks: Loose Standards
? G reat for Compute Servers
? F ixed at 1.5U Increments
? F ixed at 1.5U Increments
? C ustom PSU in every Server
? F ixed at 1.5U Increments
? C ustom PSU in every Server
? T ool-free Server Installation
? F ixed at 1.5U Increments
? C ustom PSU in every Server
? T ool-free Server Installation
? L imited Flexibility
Colocation Rack
Open Compute Rack v1 in Colocation Sites
Matt Corddry, Facebook
Steve Mills, Facebook
?S ome facilities cannot accept our Triplet racks
? 95” Tall, 66” Wide, 2600 lbs, 480v power
?S ome facilities cannot accept our Triplet racks
? 95” Tall, 66” Wide, 2600 lbs, 480v power W e needed a standard rack form
factor for our OCP servers
?A modi?ed DAMAC 19” server rack
?A modi?ed DAMAC 19” server rack S helves and side panels from an
OCP triplet rack
?A modi?ed DAMAC 19” server rack S helves and side panels from an OCP triplet rack
?O ff-the-shelf power strips from
Server Technology for 208v power
?A modi?ed DAMAC 19” server rack S helves and side panels from an OCP triplet rack
?O ff-the-shelf power strips from Server Technology for 208v power
?N ew power cords connecting the OCP power supply to the new
power strips