Meet Shorty - HP BladeSystem c3000

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Straight Talk about HP BladeSystem, presented by Barry Sinclair, on Shorty and the new BladeSystem c3000 enclosure, midmarket. Product tour focus.

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• shorty
• c3000
• blades
• BladeSystem
• midmarket
• storage
• blade

[r1chards1m0n]

@ lorddiesel: (2/2) Taking the vendor names out of the equation, anyone who presents me with the two designs, I would automatically choose the one that offers the greater redundancy. The noise factor, by the way, is automatically controlled by the service processors in each blades and chassis, so there's nothing that IBM would/could've done to 'rig' their tests, as far as I can see. Service processors and, in this case, the Onboard Administrator (OA) have their own proprietary firmware code.

[r1chards1m0n]

@ lorddiesel: (1/2) Well, with an attitude like that, you're definitely not open to suggestions. However, I would say you need to consider the noise factor (perhaps not so important in datacentres, but certainly an issue, never the less), the flexibility of the offerings in terms of the connectivity components (SAN/LAN switches), as well as inherent flaws in the mid-plane's design.

[lorddiesel]

@r1chards1m0n what do you suggest? ScrapCenterS/H from IBM? Gimme arguments for buy Blades from other than HP, if you can. X)

[r1chards1m0n]

Have you noticed how the video's audio level is severely reduced at around 2m54s? You can tell, because at 3m08s - when the presenter says "And it's as simple as that" - you can hear the 'jet engines' in the background. Then, miraculously, that noise is no longer heard in the background, despite the presenter still talking.

The main problem with the c3000/c7000 chassis is the inherent 'flaw' in its mid-plane design, in that it offers one power and one data connector ONLY, per blade.

[r1chards1m0n]

Have you noticed how the video's audio level is severely reduced at around 2m54s? You can tell, because at 3m08s - when the presenter says "And it's as simple as that" - you can hear the 'jet engines' in the background. Then, miraculously, that noise is no longer heard in the background, despite the presenter still talking.

The main problem with the c3000/c7000 chassis is the inherent 'flaw' in its mid-plane design, in that it offers one power and one data connector ONLY, per blade.

[r1chards1m0n]

Have you noticed how the video's audio level is severely reduced at around 2m54s? You can tell, because at 3m08s - when the presenter says "And it's as simple as that" - you can hear the 'jet engines' in the background. Then, miraculously, that noise is no longer heard in the background, despite the presenter still talking.

The main problem with the c3000/c7000 chassis is the inherent 'flaw' in its mid-plane design, in that it offers one power and one data connector ONLY, per blade.

[r1chards1m0n]

@Jill2625

Never mind the noise, what about redundancy? You do realise that both the c3000 and c7000 have ONE power and data connectors ONLY, right?

[r1chards1m0n]

@Jill2625

Never mind the noise, what about redundancy? You do realise that both the c3000 and c7000 have ONE power and data connectors ONLY, right?

[Gr33nMamba]

What blades do we support?

Anything but last years legacy blades.

[ZTora]

What you heard in the IBM blade video was a c3000's fan going at full speed (I have heard this on the c7000). It was disingenuous on IBM's part.