Am 01.07.2013 um 22:30 schrieb Nathan Duehr denverpilot@me.com:
On Jul 1, 2013, at 12:43 PM, Reindl Harald h.reindl@thelounge.net wrote:
Am 01.07.2013 20:30, schrieb Nathan Duehr:
The significant problem we ran into was someone at an upstream vendor orders HP stuff via individual part numbers in a specific configuration for us, so we get a server, some disks, whatever... and assemble them on-site. They didn't know (bad vendor, no donut) about the change or spaced it... and didn't send licenses... so you're sitting there with disks in a new server, all ready to load the OS as usual... and the OS can't find any disks
*you* are resposible to hire a *qualified* and *certified* HP partner and not the cheapest idiot company you are able to find
I'd love to tell you who it is, but I'm not at liberty to say. Suffice it to say, everyone on this list knows their name, and they're not exactly a small VAR. Your assumptions are unfounded.
I may have missed it, but did you say why you ordered a 320-type controller? The i420 is what you need. They are great (unless you want JBOD, then they suck).
It's true: DL360/380 is nothing special. But nowadays, they have so much performance, they solve maybe 90% of what you need in a datacenter….
Sorry to bring your rant back on topic ;-)