For those who care...
Saw our shiny new F880 today. Impressions?
Hate the faceplate. It's that damn Burnt Cyan color Crayola that always survived my grade school years
unscathed. It's also "bubbly". It looks _so_ out of place next to my 760s.
Love the DS14. It's absolutely beautiful. The cabling is a little confusing to me
though, I'm going to have to RTFM to figure out why there are 2 optical inputs
on the 2 LRCs, and only copper outs. Also, there looks to be a PS2-like
adapter on the LRC... ?
NetApp changed the new Racks.
There's now a screen door at the rear, and 30A 250v power supplies
instead of 20A 250v power supplies... We have to have an electrician come
in and ensure this facility can handle the amperage, and also change the
outlets as 30A plugs are different than 20A plugs. Bummer! Can't even fire the box up yet!
The guts of the F880 look to be the exact
same as the 840... big honking NVRAM car battery, dual processor capable
motherboard (the F880 does have 2 processors), and no LVD SCSI onboard.
I really wish the old chrome faceplates
would make a comeback. I'd
kill to have one hanging on my wall...
-john
John Witham
Senior
Data Networking Engineer
Takeda
Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.
V://847.383.3304
F://847.383.3205
mailto://jwitham@takedapharm.com
Confucius say he who play as root eventually kill
tree.
-----Original Message-----
From: jwitham@takedapharm.com
[mailto:jwitham@takedapharm.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 4:55 PM
To: skeezics@measurecast.com;
Subject: RE: Ack! I can't take it
anymore!
Should have my 880 in the data center on Friday.
I'll let you know what the general consensus is...
Yeah, the faceplate will be nice, but I'm looking more
forward to the flawless Outhouse-like crate the racks ship in. I'm
planning on bringing in my sawzall to cut a half-moon in the door.
Oh yeah, it should perform well too. Almost
forgot about that.
John Witham
Senior Data Networking Engineer
Takeda Pharmaceuticals North
America, Inc.
V://847.383.3304
F://847.383.3205
mailto://jwitham@takedapharm.com
Confucius say he who play as root eventually kill
tree.
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Lamb [mailto:skeezics@measurecast.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001
4:19 PM
To: toasters@mathworks.com
Subject: Ack! I can't take it
anymore!
Time for a diversion. :-)
It's been two weeks since the F880 was
announced. And nobody here has any
comments whatsoever? How can
that be? Yeah, SMP, new benchmarks, tech
specs, blah blah blah - that's not
even relevant (yet). What's *really*
at issue here is the new
Jetsons-inspired faceplate. I can't believe that
nobody has anything to say about
that! It's the new fall fashion lineup
in geek gear, and nary a peep!
I vote for "skinnable" filers. I think
it'd be _cool_ to have a selection
of colors and styles. I loved
the gleam of the F630 - I think most folks
would agree that was one of the
coolest designs ever. The elegant,
understated blue of the F700's is
nice. Fits in elegantly with the purple
(er, "periwinkle") of the
Sun gear. I think next we ought to have a
gleaming black, or maybe a rich
charcoal... or better yet, just have a
custom grille color selection and
paint 'em to order. :-)
Right. Now back to our regularly scheduled
programming.
Cheers,
-- Chris
--
Chris Lamb, Unix Guy
MeasureCast, Inc.
503-241-1469 x247
<skeezics@measurecast.com>