CanerisErik
Caneris
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join:2007-10-03
Toronto, ON | reply to RooDBwoY
Re: Complete infrastructure overhaul!
Most places I've worked at, you'd be shot for blogging such a level of detail  |
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RooDBwoY
join:2004-02-19
England | yeah, we're really called Wright Hassall, what a great name for a firm of lawyers huh? 
it's updated now with pics of the blade enclosures etc. |
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boethius
Boo-Yah
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join:2002-01-28
Winters, CA
clubs: | Just curious - why did you use 2xc3000 chassis and not just 1xc7000 series chassis? |
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JoelC707
join:2002-07-09
Tucson, AZ
clubs:
| I was wondering that too. I've only come up with one explanation so far. In the extreme and very unlikely event the entire enclosure craps out they still have free bays in the other and can swap them over. It's essentially another layer of redundancy. Though he would still be one bay short. Also I only briefly looked into the HP blade offerings but IIRC, the C7000 had different power requirements, something they may not have had available. |
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RooDBwoY
join:2004-02-19
England
| sorry guys, been crazily busy with this project.
yes, we went for 2 x 3000 enclosures as we wanted another layer of redundancy for the servers. so far the HP equipment is very very nice to work with. reliable and mega configurable.
and yes, the c3000 enclosures operate on standard 240v connections but the c7000 enclosures require commando-style sockets for extra juice. we didn't see the point in having that spec for a 200 user environment though.
although we have more than enough connectivity to do it, the sockets are all there suitable for c7000s as we bought the building from a large bank after they moved elsewhere. |
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