Mumbai: A group of students from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay Gigabit Networking Laboratory have developed the fastest & cheapest data centre service. It has developed an indigenous technology for the first time, which is being adopted by the industry. The experts have said that the data centre services will form the backbone of information systems and information technology (IT). According to experts, a data centre is a facility used to house very dense computer systems and associated interconnection components.
Ashwin Gumaste, IIT-B Professor, who led the group, has said that since IT operations are a crucial aspect of most organisational operations, high-speed, reliable infrastructure and security are a must and these features are provided by the centre. He added that they have now developed the world’s fastest and cheapest data centre. Unlike bulky data centres, the one they have developed has the footprint of a pizza box. Also, they have filed for a US patent. Professor Gumaste added that what is most significant is that it is the first time that a technology has been fully developed in a lab in India for the telecom industry. Besides, it is also energy efficient compared to existing system which uses up 1KW of energy, the newly developed system uses only 68 watts.
As per sources, it has been funded by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology through the working group on internet governance. The data centre has been developed by Gigabit Networking Laboratory at IIT-B and will be rolled out by March 2011 in collaboration with MTNL. Recently, a joint data centre technology with MTNL was officially launched at IIT-B.
Furthermore, Professor Gumaste has mentioned that the services will facilitate a low-cost option to send data and information services to the web with access from anywhere. He added that for large enterprises, these would mean the ability to send information systems to a centralized location that is secure, fault tolerant and available. Smaller enterprises will be empowered to make use of the information technology revolution without the need to invest into complex and expensive IT systems and equipment.
