Systems, methods and other means for improving rack based systems are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for a module for insertion in a rack based system. The module may include a brain board, a plurality of lobe components, a network switch, and a power lobe component. The plurality of lobe components may be coupled to the brain board and may each be configured to support a variable composition of processing and storage elements. Furthermore, the module may be configured to thermally couple with the rack based system to receive cooling from the rack based system.
Scalable Brain Boards For Data Networking, Processing And Storage