Editing Rack & Power (section)

==WELCOME==
:Welcome to the OCP Rack and Power Project.

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:This project if focused on optimizing all of the infrastructure that IT gear uses for very large scale deployments.

:This includes items like: 
:: Physical support structures
:::-Racks
:::-Shelves and adapters
:::-Cable management and gear interconnects
:: Stable Power delivery at the Rack level and below
:::-power distribution system
:::-battery back-up
:::-power conversion

:This project is focused on solving problems for large scale deployment like:
::-fast deployment of resources to the data center
::-efficient upgrade cycles
::-simple physical and thermal interfaces for the data center
::-quickly identifying and servicing of failed components
::-extracting value from components with different lifetimes