Not a total Mushroom
Matt Bryant will have to answer yes or no to the "FUD" on Tuesday
1) HP will only announce blade Tukwila systems...no rack based systems
=> We showed a picture of the rx2800
2) HP will not mention Linux in regards to Tukwila systems...ignoring Suse even though only Redhat dropped support
=> Linux? who needs Linux
3) The Tukwila blades will not have SX3000 glue chips so the 8 socket system will require chip hopping as Tukwila only has 5 QPI's
=> ok so only buy the 860 or 870
4) vPar will not be supported wtih Tukwila
=> vPars are static 90% of the time anyways so thats the same as a blade
5) The "Scalable bladelink" is a big connection on the front of the blades which will restrict airflow
=> We had to do that to keep it in the same blade enclosure
6) The BL860 is 8 core, 24 DIMM slots 2 hot swap SAS HDDs 4 GBe and 3 PCIi
=> Yes
BL870 is two BL860s and BL890 is four BL860's cobbled together
=> yes but I would not say cobbled....they have a bladelink
7) The blades will only supports 4GB dimms at release, 8 GB is 3Q 2010, 16GB is 4Q 2010
=> Yes, but 8GB is expensive
8) The Superdome2 has a cute little LCD in the door...maybe HP will give a preview
=> Yes Superdome2 is a great preview. Dates, availability and specs will be later but has a cool rack door.
9) HP will try to slow the defections off of HP-UX by offering socket based pricing but since Tukwila is only 4 cores per chips its not that big of a deal
=> yes coolness
10) Open VMS is not supported till Q3 2010
+> yes...but OVMS customers are never in a hurry
11) nPars is 2Q 2011 and vPar is NEVER
=> Yes....Partitioning is old technology anyways
12) if you want to upgrade a 860 to a 870 or a 870 to a 890 you have to wait for the field upgrade kits in Q1 2011
=> Yes but you can also buy what you need now
13) Want to do FCoE? You have to wait till Q2 2011
=> Yes..but FCoE is over blown and not standard. You want to dump CISCO anyways
Biting the hand that feeds IT
