Facebook data center project takes aim at vendor lock-in

28.10.2011

OCP is not alone in its effort to develop standards for data centers. The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) is a vendor-backed group that takes on many of the same goals. OCP is different in that it will be more proactive in the development of new specifications, Frankovsky said. And whereas ODCA is more focused on establishing standards for cloud computing deployments, OCP will develop technologies for large-scale data centers, Bechtolsheim added.

The IDG News Service