Open Rack standardizes on 21 inch width for OCP, obsoleting 19 inch standard

Frank Frankovsky is discussing the Open Rack Concept.

Here is a slide presented.  The main point is the obsolesence of 19 inch width.

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Frank did his homework and has found the history of where 19 inch racks where established for rail switches.

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Frank demonstrates thinking like a supply chain thinking with industrial engineering concepts.

And, has studied the issues in the data center operations.

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Open Compute Project rallied a diverse group of companies to work on Open Rack.

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