[geeks] *DROOL*

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Tuesday, January 29, 2002 at 05:50:31 (-0500), Julius Sridhar wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [geeks] *DROOL*
>
> Or better yet, an S/390 or even a Tandem.  Get some elbow room and *even
> more* fault tolerance.  You can get single-frame S/390's now.

And note that if you have a cabinet full of 14 shelves of Compaq blades
then you will need another 1/2 cabinet or full cabinet to house the
ethernet switch(es) you connect the 280, or 480 if you use both NICs,
ethernet ports.  (If you're smart you'll go with the RJ-21 connectors
and you'll not put any patch panels in between, and if you're lucky
you'll find an RJ-21 capable switch that can handle more than 480 ports
in one backplane -- there are very few that can.)

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