Today we are celebrating the shipping of our 1 millionth cloud server! What started a little over five years ago as a sketch on the back of a napkin to address a specific customer’s needs has multiplied a million times and now addresses the needs of many the Web’s biggest and most demanding customers.
To get a feel for not only how powerful, but more importantly how efficient these million servers are, check out the video bellow. It gives a quick history of Dells Data Center Solutions (DCS) group behind these servers, shows the one millionth server being built and features short clips from a couple of big customers.
Extra-credit reading
- One Million Reasons to Celebrate – DCS Ships its One-Millionth Server
- Did you use a DCS server today? The answer might surprise you
- All the best ideas begin on a cocktail napkin — DCS turns 5
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