1. An overview of the OCP movement business case market uptake & future perspectives
John Laban 11 September 2018

2. John Laban Reset Catalyst OCP Foundation john. laban@opencompute
John Laban Reset Catalyst OCP Foundation @rumperedis
On WhatsApp and WhatsApp is on OCP

3. Thank you Denmark

4. What is OCP ?
The Open Compute Project Foundation is a non profit open source hardware community which since its formation in 2011 has been disrupting the 20th Century Data Century Industry
Ask me afterwards for more details about OCP and getting involved in the community

5. https://youtu.be/DjxEhLTRtPY?t=650
What do minds have in common with parachutes?
…they work better when they are open
What do minds have in common with parachutes? …they work better when they are open.
See video at

6. recommended reading to help reset intuitive mindsets
To understand the broad trends for data centres and the global macro economics read these books
The Zero Marginal Cost Society by Jeremy Rifkin
And
The Big Switch by N.Carr

7. openness always innovates bigger in the beginning

8. openness always innovates bigger in the beginning
See the seven year patent wars of the Wright brothers
Why are French words used ?

9. Openness & collaboration is in the human genome - we are social animals
Another open source project

10. Academic study of open innovation
Full research paper available from John Laban

11. openness always wins in the end

12. Linux Foundation & Data Centre Open Source Software Adoption
>90%
2000
2018

13. OCP Foundation & Data Centre Hardware Adoption
>80%
50%
20%
2011
See IDC report for growth through to 2020
2016
2020
2025

14. Open Source - a game won story

15. OCP Foundation hits the tornado phase of adoption

16. Better Products Faster
Open Collaboration
Better
Products
Faster
“Yesterday, there was a wall of Tesla patents in the lobby of our Palo Alto headquarters. That is no longer the case. They have been removed, in the spirit of the open source movement, for the advancement of electric vehicle technology.”
Elon Musk 2014 :
open source collaborative communities innovate more and develop products and solutions faster than
closed secretive groups
Read about patents and the collaborative commons in book the zero marginal cost society.
Read academic studies on development of sewing machines and how the introduction of patents slowed innovation.
See The Case Against Patents

17. Fastest growing manufacturer in the USA
How Adafruit grew over 700% for 3 years in a row making open source hardware

18. Open Source @ Danish Design Centre
“The concept of open source is spreading like a wildfire in the world’s leading tech companies’ business models.”

22. OCP Gear

23. A different approach to resilience @scale when using combination of software and hardware.
This is emphasised in Ken Pratchet video.

24. 20th Century Dross removed by OCP : 2 x TOR Switches
4 x Pluggable optics
86 x PSU’s
208 x 40mm Fans
4 x AC Power Strips
86 x IEC rear power cords
120 x RJ45 rear patch cords
N+1 CRAC units
Access Floor
Cables in floor
Based on 40 traditional one u servers in rack compared to the OCP equivalent

25. Open Rack Unit innovations - Server fans “Cube Law”
40 mm
Fans
EIA
“U”
80 mm
Fans
OCP
“OU”
Fan Cube Law …halving the fan speed uses one eight the power.
Remember to include the fans in the dual power supply units.
50% reduction in rotation reduces fan energy by seven eighths % less server energy 25

26. EU Legislation – Eco Design Directive
OCP hardware uses 50% less energy than traditional servers at idle/low utilization

27. OPEX Cost Pie for OCP optimised Data Centres
Traditional Data Centre
OCP optimised Data Centre %
energy2 %
energy1
Note: for same application workload energy1 > energy2

28. NORDIC Data Centre Industry Growth Synergy with OCP

29. Kubler-Ross Change Curve
Resetting Intuitive Mindsets
The Kubler-Ross Change Curve describes the emotional turmoil a .person goes through when someone close to them dies
OCP is a disruptive open source data centre hardware technology. OCP gear kills peoples 20th century technology babies/children.

31. End of presentation

32. One OCP server node &
45 nodes per OCP Open Rack
Four OCP server nodes &
180 nodes per OCP Open Rack

33. A group of scientists placed 5 monkeys in a cage and in the middle, a ladder with bananas on the top.
Every time a monkey went up the ladder, the scientists soaked the rest of the monkeys with cold water.
After a while, every time a monkey went up the ladder, the others beat up the one on the ladder.
After some time, no monkey dare[d] to go up the ladder regardless of the temptation.
Scientists then decided to substitute one of the monkeys. The 1st thing this new monkey did was to go up the ladder. Immediately the other monkeys beat him up.
After several beatings, the new member learned not to climb the ladder even though he never knew why.
A 2nd monkey was substituted and the same occurred. The 1st monkey participated on [sic] the beating for [sic] the 2nd monkey. A 3rd monkey was changed and the same was repeated (beating). The 4th was substituted and the beating was repeated and finally the 5thmonkey was replaced.
What was left was a group of 5 monkeys that even though never received a cold shower, continued to beat up any monkey who attempted to climb the ladder.
If it was possible to ask the monkeys why they would beat up all those who attempted to go up the ladder ... I bet you the answer would be ... "I don't know — that's how things are done around here" Does it sound familiar?
Don't miss the opportunity to share this with others as they might be asking themselves why we continue to do what we are doing if there is a different way out there.

34. The trickle down effect of vanity free open source OCP gear
OTT’s
Telcos
Enterprises**

36. OCP Design and Operations Philosophy

37. For more information ask
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OCP Foundation
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