Re: R720xd
Yes the R730xd is the same (up to 26 x 2.5 in drives. 24 round the front, 2 round the back). We now have a fair few in the field and I'd have to agree they are a good evolution.
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Regarding point 2, have you tried the 5.5 web client? We've found it pretty useable as a web client (5.1 was extremely dire for sure). Also don't forget that new features are not being added into the full client, try checking the highest VM hardware version you can set in the full client as one example.
That said, it is frustrating that they take this stance of pushing people down the web client route when plug-ins (like update manager and SRM) are still only available in the full client, I'm guessing this is why VMware have confirmed the full client will be included in v6.
Agreed,
I've also seen their tactics first hand where software quotes differed depending on if you were installing on RM hardware (this software being sold by RM and required by the schools to meet the curriculum). This meant that schools wanting to move away from RM could only do so if they increased cost. At the time I felt that was a rather uncompetitive business practice.
Although the bail out of UK banks is getting off topic I would point raise the thought that while a large number of the UK banks were not directly 'bailed out', how similar was the effect of quantitative easing in the UK banking sector to that of a bail out?
In honesty I don't feel I have enough knowledge to answer that question, although I do have a suspicion of the answer. If the cynic in me is correct then it could be argued that more banks were effectively bailed out than official records show.
Beer because thinking about the economy makes me reach for a nice pint :)
Before the IPO I mailed someone to say that I wish I was able to short FB because I just don't see FB's business being worth what was indicated by the IPO.
Mind you I heard someone comment that MS oversold the shares then bought back the balance yesterday, if that's correct they were essentially shorting the IPO. Bring back the days of no prop trading and seperation of retail and commencial banking.
Nice,
so a dual socket server with 144GB RAM will now have to be licened for an additional socket for the right to upgrade to vSphere 5 (which we are technically playing maintance for already). It was bad enough with the Enterprise -> Enterprise Plus shafting from ESX3.5 and vSphere 4.
When you add their inability to co-term support contracts it all gets rather frustrating.
Hyper-V is going to have to look interesting soon, VMWare seem to have lost the plot.
Paris because.....Well VMWare seem to love shafting their customers
Can you please explain how a DDoS attack is a 'hack'? Or was the headline purely in competition with the Daily Wail for sensationalism? Surely being hacked means that someone has compromised one or more systems on the network being hacked. From your article this would appear to not be the case.
Also there is no reference to the post at the Eve Online website from the COO stating they took both the game servers and web site offline in response to a DDoS attack for them to check for signs of compromise.
Less sentationalism and definately less tardy journalism would be appreaciated.
Where is the El Reg Tombstone icon when you need it.
Despite the early teething troubles I think this should be something IBM seriously develop and push.
OK, so no mainframe support, but IMHO with the DS8000's design issues (quad port 4Gb/s PCI-X HBAs that have backend bandwidth of 4.3Gb/s anyone?) I have been hoping that the XIV would grow into a serious contender in the non mainframe space.
All the issues of seperate sales force etc is hardly unfamiliar though, how long did it take EMC to bring DD sales in-house?
Paris, well no reason other than I like the icon :D
Regarding some of the comments here, I have to say AMD had dual core CPUs in the market place for quite a while before Intel (with it's significantly higher R&D budget) caught up, and isn't the x64 technology still licensed from AMD? It certainly was for a while. Don't get me wrong I'm not particularly an AMD fanboi, but let's be honest both companies have their time as the lead, same with graphics cards etc. Currently I would say Intel is back in front with i7 and corresponding Xeon but that doesn't mean it will stay that way indefinately.
Have to say that IBM really have a lot to learn. If your live keynote demo goes wrong you pick another time to start slating the opposition.
Personally I;m still waiting for the say when I speak to IBM and their first proposal actually meets what I want, not what IBM want to sell me
/RantOver
Paris because I bet she'd know how to meet my needs first time of asking...
'Deputy MP Harriet Harman appeared to political talk shows'
Deputy MP? Is that being hopeful or is it a typo? Perhaps Deputy PM is the sad truth.
Anyhow, this whole unilateral extradition agreement is the problem. From a legal sense I would say that he has to be extradited. But I think that the people involved in agreeing the deal should be investigated for, at the least, gross negligence in signing off such a biased deal.
I cannot believe that anyone with a minimum of security knowledge could give credence to this being the 'biggest hack' ever as the guy was using blank / default passwords, so surely that would go some way to negate the US position (at least in a world where common sense applied).
I know lots of people have said this before, but for me the target's of his attacks should be the ones under scrutiny. I'd hate to have the conversation with my insurance company if I'd left my house and garage door's open all the time and had everything we own nicked....
Also I'd love to know how the cost of the 'damage' was calculated? Changing passwords shouldn't be that hard, should it?
Genius 'When Apple and Linux have become an abusive monopoly ' - I sincerly hope the Apple part of that was extremely dry wit.
My view on this is that it's like saying that BMW must fit Skoda alloys as it's unfair that all BMW's come as standard with BMW wheels.
While I personally think that MS does and has acted uncompetitively on a number of occasions I think this is completely the wrongargument to have with them, it just makes it look like a, soon to be out of office, bureaucrat is trying to make a name for themselves.
Another angle on this, let's suppose MS do include Chrome, Opera , FireFox etc with Windows 7 and let the user choose which to install, what happens if there is a serious security flaw in said browser. From a home user's perspective that would then be MS at fault and would they then be expected to also provide patches for someone elses product too (as they do with their own)?. Not to mention that the Windows 7 compatibility of all preincluded browsers would then become Microsoft's issue as much as the browser developer, which again seems unreasonable.
This was the funniest, slowest (and probably most historic) practice session I've ever seen. We were on the corner where the first TT electric bike crash occured, looked like a mechanical fault causing really low speed high side (rider looked ok, thankfully). The marshalls couldn't touch the bike (even after laughing their heads off) until thick rubber gloves were available and it took 4 of them to lift the bloody thing. With regards to the speed, yes top bike was >102MPH, 4th or 5th was sub 60MPH. I can't weight to see the highlights on ITV4.
On a serious note I can see the potential here for the future, but there needs much more development, particularly with safety (bikes fall over much easier than cars) and weight (not to mention NO engine braking).
Paris becuase when she goes down she does it fast and hard.....