Hyperscale computing
In computing, hyperscale is the ability of an architecture to scale appropriately as increased demand is added to the system.
This typically involves the ability to seamlessly provision and add compute, memory, networking, and storage resources to a given node or set of nodes that make up a larger computing, distributed computing, or grid computing environment. Hyperscale computing is necessary in order to build a robust and scalable cloud, big data, map reduce, or distributed storage system and is often associated with the infrastructure required to run large distributed sites such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft, or Oracle. Companies like Ericsson, AMD, and Intel provide hyperscale infrastructure kits for IT service providers.[1] Companies like Switch, Alibaba, IBM, QTS, and Digital Realty Trust, Equinix, Oracle, Facebook, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Google build data centers for hyperscale computing.[2][3][4]
Hyperscale Recycling
With the growth of hyperscale data centers in companies around the world, retiring and recycling the short-lived hardware has become a new challenge for corporations. While the scrap metal market hopes to capitalize on some of this turnover [5], data security remains a serious consideration for companies looking to upgrade to new hardware. Since 2000, ITRenew, Inc., has been established as a Silicon Valley asset recycler, and as of 2008, an offical Facebook partner for 'data sanitization and value recovery.'[6] Other hardware recyclers, such as Sims Limited, also offer decommissioning services that include hardrive destruction and parts recycling. [7]
This parts recycling is part of a growing trend among these decommissioning and asset recovery services to remonetize the hardware turnover produced by hyperscale computing, as well as increase sustainability through a circular economy within the industry.[8] In 2019, ITRenew launched a new service, Sesame by ITRenew, which uses scrubbed hardware to create customized hyperscale data centers for smaller businesses looking to enter streaming and cloud computing services.[9]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/content-tracks/servers-storage/ericsson-to-sell-intels-hyperscale-kit-to-network-operators/93484.fullarticle
- ^ "Hyperscale data center expert Switch files for IPO". www.datacenterdynamics.com. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ^ "GIC to Fuel Equinix's Hyperscale Market Ambition". Data Center Knowledge. 2019-07-02. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ^ "QTS Delivers Hyperscale Data Center to Non-Hyperscale Client in Ashburn". Data Center Knowledge. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
- ^ https://www.wsj.com/articles/scrap-metal-market-targets-the-cloud-as-its-next-recycling-project-11564401605
- ^ https://www.itrenew.com/about/
- ^ https://www.simsrecycling.com/reuse/decommissioning/cloud/
- ^ https://www.itrenew.com/circular-cloud/
- ^ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190813005182/en/ITRenew-Expands-Hyperscale-Datacenter-Services
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