Ubuntu Orange Box

Ubuntu Orange Box is the device of the class "cloud in a box" (cloud-in-a-box).

On May 15, 2014 the Canonical company provided a hardware and software system for deployment of cloud platforms.

The device of the class "cloud in a box" (cloud-in-a-box) received the name Ubuntu Orange Box. Canonical while for the hardware responsibility is born by the British Tranquil PC was engaged in design of the body and a program stuffing.

Ubuntu Orange Box

Ubuntu Orange Box contains ten modules (microservers) of NUC on a hardware platform of Intel Ivy Bridge. Everyone contains the 22-nanometer Core i5-3427U processor with two cores functioning on clock rate of 1.8 GHz (to 2.8 GHz in a turbo mode). The integrated graphic Intel HD Graphics 4000 controller, the maximum value of the disseminated thermal energy is a part of chips 17 W are equal.

Ubuntu Orange Box

Each NUC block bears onboard 16 GB of OZU, the solid state drive with a capacity of 120 GB and the Gigabit Ethernet controller. For cooling a passive system is used - the only fan is installed on the power supply.

Ubuntu Orange Box

Ubuntu Orange Box locates 160 GB of the RAM and 1.2 of Tb on SSD drives. Inside D-Link DGS-1100-16 switch. Orange Box weight - 17 kg, with accessories and in the body for transportation - 32 kg.

Program stuffing: Linux system Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS the complemented MAAS (Metal-as-a-Service) tools intended for fast and convenient deployment of Ubuntu-configurations on a set of the servers with use the technician used in cloud platforms. Juju — a mirror of repositories of Ubuntu, an annual subscription to technical support of Ubuntu Advantage is also included in the package.

The cost of a figurative cluster is $12.7 thousand. A system is focused on creation of infrastructure cloud services and cloud storages, both public, and private.