locomotive vs mainframe computer

Brock Bailey

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Apr 2, 2009, 6:04:39 PM4/2/09

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Take a look at this video by hp computers and what they did to a mainframe
computer and back up storage...
it was filmed in rention, washington USA at railway mueasum with a
locomotive.

see below for the link :)

http://h30423.www3.hp.com/index.jsp?fr_story=fffadb855193f4e2739a0b6214d58a9b81e04eb2

Brock Bailey
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Val

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Apr 2, 2009, 7:31:03 PM4/2/09

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Oh, the horror of it all.

Scratching the paint on that fine locomotive just to make a computer
commercial!

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Neil O'Connor

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Apr 8, 2009, 11:55:33 AM4/8/09

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> Take a look at this video by hp computers and what they did to a mainframe
> computer and back up storage...

I don't see any mainframe computers in this vid.

Neil.

Wolf K

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Apr 8, 2009, 4:30:22 PM4/8/09

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True, you see a rack of servers.

But so what? It's a nutty ad anyhow.

cheers,

wolf k.

Brock Bailey

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Apr 8, 2009, 4:33:22 PM4/8/09

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Hi Neil,

That was a mainframe and it had back up storage at the top of each
unit...both on the truck and trailer as well on the speeder tailer one..

Brock
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Neil O'Connor

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Apr 8, 2009, 5:43:39 PM4/8/09

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> True, you see a rack of servers.
>
> But so what? It's a nutty ad anyhow.
>
> cheers,
>
> wolf k.

Totally nutty ad. If I ever get a HP EVA and set it up on the railway
tracks, I will have to make sure my pickup truck is well serviced. :-)

So what? Just commenting on inaccurate assumptions - big box of
technogizmos, oh that must be a mainframe!

Neil

Wolf K

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Apr 8, 2009, 8:17:27 PM4/8/09

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Nutty _and_ fun.... ;-)

wolf k.

Bill Leary

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Apr 9, 2009, 1:16:07 AM4/9/09

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Neil (and "Melanie" and "Stan") are right.

It's not a mainframe, it's a storage array. "EVA" means "Enterprise Virtual
Array"

The alternating items above and below the laptop are controllers and disk
banks. These "controllers" are not compute engines (a'la "mainframe") but
rather the computers necessary to control the disks and present them to
servers (or, if connected correctly, mainframes) as usable storage. That
is, their processing power is totally committed to storage tasks. He's got
a large number of controllers relative the the amount of storage. Perhaps
because it's TurboTax or, more likely, because it was necessary to get the
speed they wanted for the demonstration. Look here
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12745_na/12745_na.html lower
right drawing, for a more typical configuration for a large capacity storage
array.

Also, if interested, check out the Wikipedia entries on "mainframe" and
"storage array."

Or ask an HP or EMC employee (or a former one, like me) if it's a
"mainframe" or a "storage array." If you look up the Wiki entry you'll see
EMC's CLARiiON. The CLARiiON is in direct competition with the HP EVA. I
worked the CLARiiON, and we frequently discussed HP systems. I guarantee
you they're both storage arrays, not a mainframes.

- Bill

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BillyV

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Apr 15, 2009, 10:57:32 PM4/15/09

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Brock,
This did give me a laugh. Thank you.

Billy V

Pierre A Plauzoles

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May 30, 2009, 9:57:11 PM5/30/09

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Hello.

It's enough to make me buy Dell instead.

Got that, HP?

Pierre