Am 01.07.2013 um 22:30 schrieb Nathan Duehr <denverpilot at me.com>: > > On Jul 1, 2013, at 12:43 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl at 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 ;-)