[SGVLUG] The Navy’s newest warship is powered by Linux | Ars Technica

Braddock braddock at braddock.com
Fri Oct 18 20:30:34 PDT 2013


On 10/18/2013 05:17 PM, James McDuffie wrote:
> Here is an article about the USS Zumwalt which runs Linux on commodity
> hardware in the ship's data center. Additionally, all the station
> consoles
> can run multiple Linux virtual machines atop LynuxWorx's Lynx Secure.
>
> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/10/the-navys-newest-warship-is-powered-by-linux/

 "Measuring 35 feet long, 8 feet high, and 12 feet wide, the 16 EMEs
have more than 235 equipment cabinets (racks) in total."

Is that correct?  16 of them on a single ship?  Like 9400U of rack
space?  Gez.

-braddock



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