Okay, now that the press release is out, and we all know the technical specs of the 840, what I want to know is:
Who's using one? Is the throughput as good as the specs show?
C'mon, spill it.
We've got one on order, and will put it through it's paces as soon as we get it. We use it specifically for multi-client compilation of our software. I through around 20 Solaris systems (mmostly Ultra80's and Ultra60's), a dozen or so HPC3000 systems and a dozen or so NT boxes at it to compile all three platforms we support, and we currently are stressing out our 760. I'll let y'all know what i find.
-Jeff
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Jeff Stampes wrote:
Okay, now that the press release is out, and we all know the technical specs of the 840, what I want to know is:
http://www.netapp.com/ftp/f840_specs.pdf
3 GB of cache? 3? That's not a power of two, last time I checked. ;)
Until next time...
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Okay, so it appears as if the F840 runs ONTAP 5.3.6H1, and the "Start Here" documentation says (p. 10) that "This release runs only on F840 filers."
Hmmm... Hmmmm.... Uh-oh.
There is no common release that will run on the F760's I already have, so I can test how things go there first before putting this champagne beauty through its paces?
Plus, it's not clear (and I think I know the answer to this) how one might take the root volume on a shelf/shelves from an F760 to an F840. If I can't install 5.3.6H1 on an F760.... And, I assume the alpha boot code on my existing F760's won't boot the new F840's...
Answer: Catch-22!
That puts me into a pickle. "I don't want a pickle; I just wanna ride on my motorsickle..."
I'm gonna continue digging through NOW and the docs, but if anyone can respond to me before I give a call into our VAR or NetApp support tomorrow... <help>
(Man, that NVRAM battery is *big*!)
Until next time...
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