In a blog post, LinkedIn’s engineering team announced that it working to deploy its Open19 technology in its data centers.
The Open19 project, which LinkedIn launched in July 2016, aims to establish a new open standard for servers based on a common form factor. The Open19 platform is based on the standard 19-inch, four post rack used in data centers.
According to the blog post, since adopting Open 19, LinkedIn experienced a 7X improvement in rack integration and an ability to install 4X the number of servers per rack.
LinkedIn also announced that it has become a Platinum member of the Open Compute Project (OCP).
LinkedIn’s Open19 Project Aims for New Rack/Server Spec
LinkedIn is launching a new Open19 project that aims to establish a new open standard for servers based on a common form factor.
The Open19 platform is based on standard building blocks with the following specifications: