Liveblog: HP Tech Day for Blade Servers, Day 1

HP Infrastructure Tech Day 2010 for Blade Servers

(02/25/2010)

  

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9:06	John Obeto:  Welcome video Thursday February 25, 2010 9:06 John Obeto

9:11	John Obeto:  Intro by Gary Thorne Thursday February 25, 2010 9:11 John Obeto

9:12	John Obeto:  Gary is going through HP's Converged Infrastructure Architecture Thursday February 25, 2010 9:12 John Obeto

9:18	kiwi_si:  A modular approach to building a 'Converged Infrastructure' means a business can add to it as required or budget allows #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 9:18 kiwi_si

9:18	hpstorageguy:  New post on our #hpbladesday that is now kicked off. http://bit.ly/a40sdL #IN Thursday February 25, 2010 9:18 hpstorageguy

9:18	kevin_houston:  Now talking about HP BladeSystem Matrix (again, I blogged on this in November) http://tinyurl.com/yzauf9q #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 9:18 kevin_houston

9:20	chrismevans:  1.1003 - Gary Thome presenting - the converged infrastructure view; #hpbladesday   Thursday February 25, 2010 9:20 chrismevans

9:20	John Obeto:  HP BladeSystem is positioned as the ideal foundation for a converged infrastructure Thursday February 25, 2010 9:20 John Obeto

9:23	John Obeto:  New to me: Virtualized Power. What is this virtualized power of which he speaks? More information is need... Thursday February 25, 2010 9:23 John Obeto

9:29	John Obeto:  Converged Infrastructure extends virtualization from the data center to the desktop, allowing for the virtualization of desktops Thursday February 25, 2010 9:29 John Obeto

9:46	bcboone:  RT @gilletteathp: listening to gary thome address some awesome bloggers #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 9:46 bcboone

10:28

kevin_houston:  BladeSystem was designed for 10Gb (with even higher in mind.) #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 10:28 kevin_houston

11:12

kevin_houston:  New blog posting, HP Tech Day - Live TweetFeed - http://tinyurl.com/yegm9a5 Thursday February 25, 2010 11:12 kevin_houston

1:30	fowen:  HP was the first blade manufacturer to have a full color LCD troubleshooting interface. #HPBladeDay Thursday February 25, 2010 1:30 fowen

1:46	kevin_houston:  23 power "steppings" on each BladeSystem fan #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 1:46 kevin_houston

2:00	storagenerve:  Seems HP doesnt have a single unified management tool to manage converged infrastructure, management tools for servers, storage, fabric Thursday February 25, 2010 2:00 storagenerve

2:23	Connect_WW:  RT @chrismevans: 1.021 So HP equipment can determine it's own power requirements at peak. Mgmt console can the aggregate this #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 2:23 Connect_WW

2:33	martinmacleod:  Am liking Data Center Power Control presentation, it looks cool and I can see the opportunities for its successful use. Thursday February 25, 2010 2:33 martinmacleod

2:37	martinmacleod:  Loved seeing the new BL460c G6, noticed the SD card slot for ESXi Thursday February 25, 2010 2:37 martinmacleod

3:34	martinmacleod:  Data Centres Growth In Latin America Of 61% Over Next Three Years Will Leave Space Shortage http://bit.ly/9wCswP Thursday February 25, 2010 3:34 martinmacleod

3:42	martinmacleod:  Seeing a demo of BladeSystems Matrix, very cool to see it in action. Thursday February 25, 2010 3:42 martinmacleod

3:47	kevin_houston:  RT @chrismevans: If Laurence Fishburn walks in wearing a long leather coat, I'm heading for the door... #hpbladesday (he's next to Rich...) Thursday February 25, 2010 3:47 kevin_houston

3:47	johnobeto:  IT Management as easy as using (Microsoft) Visio. How cool is that? #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 3:47 johnobeto

3:47	Connect_WW:  RT @chrismevans: 1.031 -Compter voir le lettrage vert montant en cascade d'écran dans cette démo de Matrix.... #hpbladesday... Thursday February 25, 2010 3:47 Connect_WW

3:49	chrismevans:  1.032 Matrix simplifying network configuration - which is good. How about storage/WWNs? #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 3:49 chrismevans

3:51	John Obeto:  HP Insight allows you to use your current CMS, e.g. Microsoft System Center to manage your datacenter Thursday February 25, 2010 3:51 John Obeto

3:57	martinmacleod:  Disk failure on server – things to try: | Blade Watch: http://bit.ly/cufFx3 via @addthis Thursday February 25, 2010 3:57 martinmacleod

4:01	chrismevans:  1.036 Where would Matrix be used? I think large organisations & hosting companies. #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 4:01 chrismevans

4:01	johnobeto:  Follow my HP Blades Tech Day liveblog here http://bit.ly/bkw5n0 Thursday February 25, 2010 4:01 johnobeto

4:01	alyson_griffin:  RT @chrismevans: 1.035 HP Matrix sets the foundation for enabling "self-service" provisioning of virtual environments #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 4:01 alyson_griffin

4:01	gerryvz:  RT @PoppAtHP: Just got Dan Bowers blog, his report from first 1/2 day: live from HP Blades Tech Day #hpbladesday http://bit.ly/br0EvZ tnx for the info Thursday February 25, 2010 4:01 gerryvz

4:04	johnobeto:  RT @SEPATONJay: @rootwyrm Congrats on getting the award for the best XBox argument! http://bit.ly/cSPndN Thursday February 25, 2010 4:04 johnobeto

4:15	martinmacleod:  If you think about it, BladeSystems Matrix could be used as a replacement for your existing helpdesk/server build request process. Thursday February 25, 2010 4:15 martinmacleod

4:27	connect_ww:  HP_UX_Docs: Solaris to HP-UX porting kit for HP Partners http://bit.ly/aa07TK. http://ow.ly/16FbEt Thursday February 25, 2010 4:27 connect_ww

4:27	martinmacleod:  I regularly write on the blog about accessibility, about end user empowerment, the following tweet is what I mean Thursday February 25, 2010 4:27 martinmacleod

4:27	martinmacleod:  This can be as simple as how to replace a server drive, virtualizing the data center, the more accessible we make the technology, Thursday February 25, 2010 4:27 martinmacleod

4:28	martinmacleod:  the more investment, the more excitement we will see around the technology space. Thursday February 25, 2010 4:28 martinmacleod

4:28	sfoskett:  [Shared] New Standards for USB could be great for business – once the devices get here http://bit.ly/9xyH3p Thursday February 25, 2010 4:28 sfoskett

4:29	chrismevans:  1.041 HP 50.7% of the market - IDC 3Q09 report. Thursday February 25, 2010 4:29 chrismevans

4:34	DonRSmith:  RT @fowen: HP Insight Orchestration Designer can be used in any browser that supports flash (officially supported in FF and IE). #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 4:34 DonRSmith

4:34	h0bbel:  @kevin_houston You can talk to us, we won't tell! #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 4:34 h0bbel

4:38	fowen:  HP is the only vendor (currently) who can embed 10GB nics in Blades @hpbladeday Thursday February 25, 2010 4:38 fowen

4:43	kevin_houston:  RT @fowen: HP is the only vendor (currently) who can embed 10GB nics in Blades @hpbladeday AND Cisco... Thursday February 25, 2010 4:43 kevin_houston

4:46	connect_ww:  How Deloitte drives service excellence with HP BAC: Many of you have asked for HP Business Availability Center (BA... http://bit.ly/9ilkE8 Thursday February 25, 2010 4:46 connect_ww

4:48	fowen:  @kevin_houston Cisco allows for Dual 10G Nics? I should have been more clear in my tweet. #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 4:48 fowen

4:48	knieriemen:  Where HP blades stack up vs competition (whiteboard) http://yfrog.com/1el6ywj Thursday February 25, 2010 4:48 knieriemen

4:51	knieriemen:  More competitive info HP Blades (whiteboard) http://yfrog.com/3nmsmaj Thursday February 25, 2010 4:51 knieriemen

4:51	johnobeto:  At the HP Blades labs Thursday February 25, 2010 4:51 johnobeto

4:59	chrismevans:  1.046 Uh Oh. This means @johnobeto is technical.... (wearing a white coat) #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 4:59 chrismevans

4:59	fowen:  RT @Knieriemen: @dmacvittie this is very educational and HP has a compelling story on blades - #hpbladesday - I agree! Thursday February 25, 2010 4:59 fowen

5:02	kevin_houston:  Cool - we have a first look at a Tolly report comparing HP BladeSystem Flex-10 vs Cisco UCS... Coming out tomorrow Thursday February 25, 2010 5:02 kevin_houston

5:02	fowen:  RT @chrismevans: I think we will struggle to remember the features we've learned about in the lab in the last hour #hpbladesday - Oh yea! Thursday February 25, 2010 5:02 fowen

5:05	martinmacleod:  It was interesting to hear about HP's blade technologies and what they see as their differentiator. Thursday February 25, 2010 5:05 martinmacleod

5:05	kevin_houston:  Full report will be out tomorrow on Tolly.com Thursday February 25, 2010 5:05 kevin_houston

5:06	BladeNews:  RT @fowen: RT @Knieriemen: @dmacvittie this is very educational and HP has a compelling story on blades - #hpbladesday - I agree! Thursday February 25, 2010 5:06 BladeNews

5:13	johnobeto:  RT @kevin_houston: Paul Perez - CTO of StorageWorks is now in the room #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 5:13 johnobeto

5:23	connect_ww:  How Deloitte drives service excellence with HP BAC - Many of you have asked for HP Business Availability Center (BA... http://ow.ly/16FcK2 Thursday February 25, 2010 5:23 connect_ww

5:24	BladeNews:  @Kevin_Houston writes about all things blades. He says: http://bit.ly/4kvudC #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 5:24 BladeNews

5:26	bladenews:  RT @kevin_houston: HP StorageWorks CTO, Paul Perez, discussing HP StorageWorks X9000 Network Storage System (formerly known as IBRIX)... Thursday February 25, 2010 5:26 bladenews

5:29	kevin_houston:  CTO Perez views Solid State (Drives) as an extension of main memory. #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 5:29 kevin_houston

5:29	sfoskett:  Watch for HP to mix dedupe and compression with Ibrix and blades to take on NetApp in VMware and archive storage in 2010 #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 5:29 sfoskett

5:29	ianhf:  @chrismevans it's just an x86/x64 commodity lump of iron & sand, design for ROA & horizontal and ignore tin brand #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 5:29 ianhf

5:30	mike_davis:  RT @sfoskett: Watch for HP to mix dedupe and compression with Ibrix and blades to take on NetApp in VMware and archive storage in 2010 #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 5:30 mike_davis

5:30	optimizestorage:  RT @sfoskett: Watch for HP to mix dedupe and compression with Ibrix and blades to take on NetApp in VMware and archive storage in 2010 #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 5:30 optimizestorage

5:31	kevin_houston:  CTO Perez says Memristors (http://tinyurl.com/39f6br) are the next major evolution in storage - in next 2 or 3 years #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 5:31 kevin_houston

5:33	sfoskett:  RT @kevin_houston: CTO Perez says Memristors (http://tinyurl.com/39f6br) are the next major evolution in storage - in next 2 or 3 years #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 5:33 sfoskett

5:33	ProLiant:  RT @kevin_houston: Mentioning HP's presence in Gartner's Magic Quadrant (see previous post here); http://tinyurl.com/ydbsnan #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 5:33 ProLiant

5:36	sfoskett:  I expect HP to introduce drive spindown in its storage lineup this year, integrated with Insight power management tech. #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 5:36 sfoskett

5:41	sfoskett:  Great quote! "the era of spindles for IOPS will be over soon." Paul Perez, CTO HP StorageWorks #hpbladesday /via @kevin_houston Thursday February 25, 2010 5:41 sfoskett

5:41	RickVanover:  @kevin_houston Sure - you can get 1 Million IOPS with RAM disks. When price goes down, we're there #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 5:41 RickVanover

5:46	stu:  No mention of #fcoe at #hpbladesday? /cc @SFoskett @kevin_houston @chrismevans @rbrambley Thursday February 25, 2010 5:46 stu

6:03	ianhf:  @SFoskett lol - "Good morning Mr HP you might want to meet Mr Coffee, it's hot and perhaps you should try smelling it?" #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 6:03 ianhf

6:07	ianhf:  @SFoskett @chrismevans anybody ask HP for the Cisco in-built SAN/LAN switches in the matrix? ;) ;) #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 6:07 ianhf

6:30	connect_ww:  [HP, BCS] HPIntegrity: RT @johnobeto: HP Insight allows you to use your current CMS, e.g. Microsoft System Center t... http://ow.ly/16Fguz Thursday February 25, 2010 6:30 connect_ww

6:30	AlmaceneConHP:  RT @sfoskett Great quote! "the era of spindles for IOPS will be over soon" Paul Perez, CTO HP StorageWorks #hpbladesday /via @kevin_houston Thursday February 25, 2010 6:30 AlmaceneConHP

6:30	Connect_WW:  RT @sfoskett: Great quote! "the era of spindles for IOPS will be over soon."Paul Perez, CTO HP StorageWorks #hpbladesday /via @kevin_houston Thursday February 25, 2010 6:30 Connect_WW

6:34	Connect_WW:  RT @BladeNews: RT @PoppAtHP: @kevin_houston Like the photos - tnx bladesmadesimple http://bit.ly/bfiN1x #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 6:34 Connect_WW

6:41	connect_ww:  hpnews: eWeek: HP Offers Data Center Services to SMBs http://bit.ly/aw3qcA http://ow.ly/16FfHE Thursday February 25, 2010 6:41 connect_ww

6:41	connect_ww:  BladeNews: RT @kevin_houston: HP StorageWorks CTO, Paul Perez, discussing HP StorageWorks X9000 Network Storage Sys... http://ow.ly/16FfHy Thursday February 25, 2010 6:41 connect_ww

6:41	stevie_chambers:  i wonder what mention there was of operations @ #hpbladesday? Is wire once and walk away on the agenda? Thursday February 25, 2010 6:41 stevie_chambers

6:47	qfisher:  EyeOnBlades Chuck Klein's Take on the Blades Lab Visit at HP Blades Tech Day (#hpbladesday) http://ow.ly/16Ff5T Thursday February 25, 2010 6:47 qfisher

6:48	rbrambley:  @stu @SFoskett @kevin_houston @chrismevans hp believes they are working to establish industry standard for FCoE #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 6:48 rbrambley

7:24	qfisher:  EyeOnBlades The Insight Control Software guys get to strut their stuff at the HP Blades Tech Day (#hpbladesday) http://ow.ly/16FhI0 Thursday February 25, 2010 7:24 qfisher

9:52	knieriemen:  Gonna tear up the kareoke bars in Houston w/ @sfoskett @chrismevans @storagenerve and more Thursday February 25, 2010 9:52 knieriemen

10:34

storagenerve:  RT @Knieriemen: Gonna tear up the kareoke bars in Houston w/ @sfoskett @chrismevans @storagenerve @HPStorageGuy @chrismevans, entertainment Thursday February 25, 2010 10:34 storagenerve

11:10

3parfarley:  @StorageNerve @Knieriemen @SFoskett @chrismevans @HPStorageGuy How's the yodling going boys? Has it gotten physical yest? #hpbladesday Thursday February 25, 2010 11:10 3parfarley

11:34

prsync:  Dan Bowers' Mid-morning update from HP Blades Tech Day (#hpbladesday): By Dan Bowers Mike Witkowski and Mike Kenda... http://bit.ly/bMkcpQ Thursday February 25, 2010 11:34 prsync

11:34

prsync:  Dan Bowers Reports Live from HP Blades Tech Day (#hpbladesday): By Dan Bowers At the HP Infrastructure Software an... http://bit.ly/bs3ekD Thursday February 25, 2010 11:34 prsync

11:48

kevin_houston:  New blog posting, Tolly Report: HP Flex-10 vs Cisco UCS (Network Bandwidth Scalability Comparison) - http://tinyurl.com/yddcy7u Thursday February 25, 2010 11:48 kevin_houston

12:01

storagenerve:  Check out the videos on youtube, for the small adventure of the karaoke bar, @SFoskett @chrismevans @HPStorageGuy @Knieriemen Friday February 26, 2010 12:01 storagenerve

12:12

storagenerve:  http://tweetphoto.com/12536548 Picture at the karaoke bar, @SFoskett @HPStorageGuy @Knieriemen @chrismevans (cont) http://tl.gd/brsf9 Friday February 26, 2010 12:12 storagenerve

12:33

connect_ww:  It's been a busy month for OpenVMS! We would like to thank the OpenVMS team (we know who you are!) for pulling it... http://bit.ly/cUwmUu Friday February 26, 2010 12:33 connect_ww

12:42

kevin_houston:  New blog posting, HP Tech Day - Day 1 Recap - http://tinyurl.com/ydgypc9 Friday February 26, 2010 12:42 kevin_houston

1:34	fowen:  RT @kevin_houston: Tolly Report: HP Flex-10 vs Cisco UCS (Network Bandwidth Scalability Comparison) - http://tinyurl.com/yddcy7u Friday February 26, 2010 1:34 fowen

2:02	HPStorageGuy:  @SFoskett The P2000 G3 MSA (announced 2/16) has drive spin down. My virtualization podcast part 2 will discuss it. #hpbladesday Friday February 26, 2010 2:02 HPStorageGuy

2:39	hpstorageguy:  One "risk" of a blogger day is that when a presenter gives a wrong and seemingly negative answer, everyone instantly tweets about it... Friday February 26, 2010 2:39 hpstorageguy

2:41	hpstorageguy:  We are integrating storage into our server (Insight Manager) software. Storage Provisioning Manager integrates with Insight #HPTechDays Friday February 26, 2010 2:41 hpstorageguy

5:02	unixplayer:  RT @HPStorageGuy: @SFoskett The P2000 G3 MSA (announced 2/16) has drive spin down. My virtualization podcast part 2 will discuss it. #hpbladesday Friday February 26, 2010 5:02 unixplayer

5:54	stevie_chambers:  can't wait to see what the bloggers from #hpbladesday think about the Tolly report (@kiwi_si) Friday February 26, 2010 5:54 stevie_chambers

6:12	connect_ww:  Outsourcing mal Krise gleich Cloud Computing: Dass IT-Outsourcing in der Krise antizyklisch wächst, ist inzwischen... http://bit.ly/b8Oq0m Friday February 26, 2010 6:12 connect_ww

6:18	kiwi_si:  Morning/Afternoon All ! Full on day at HP yesterday - some really insightful stuff. Felt they were open & honest to questions asked. No Fud Friday February 26, 2010 6:18 kiwi_si

6:26	Kiwi_Si:  @daniel_eason Have been without internet for last day so missed your Tweet. Am at #hpbladesday Friday February 26, 2010 6:26 Kiwi_Si

6:28	Kiwi_Si:  @jimmymc @elidezman Thanks for your HP questions - I will ask them on your behalf and will let you know their response. :) #hpbladesday Friday February 26, 2010 6:28 Kiwi_Si

6:30	kiwi_si:  RT @Mike_Laverick: New Blogpost: Chinwag with Mike… and Al Renouf [Episode 04] - http://bit.ly/bdizCB Friday February 26, 2010 6:30 kiwi_si

6:47	chrismevans:  What's going on in the world? US television's top story is about the Girls Scouts recalling some dodgy biscuits Friday February 26, 2010 6:47 chrismevans

7:02	kevin_houston:  RE: Aaron - You should download the report -it's only 6 pages and takes about 2 minutes to registers. I looked up the… http://disq.us/d05ld Friday February 26, 2010 7:02 kevin_houston

7:05	kevin_houston:  What do you think of the new Tolly Report? 1 vote for "unfair comparison" http://tinyurl.com/y9x92j5 #cisco #ibm Friday February 26, 2010 7:05 kevin_houston

7:09	kevin_houston:  Don't overlook the Tolly Report shows POSITIVE INFO for CIsco UCS when comparing 4 servers (http://tinyurl.com/y9x92j5 #cisco #ibm #tolly Friday February 26, 2010 7:09 kevin_houston

7:11	beccataylor:  #FF #hpbladesday guests @SFoskett @Kiwi_Si @martinmacleod @rbrambley @fowen @Knieriemen @johnobeto @chrismevans @storagenerve @Kevin_Houston Friday February 26, 2010 7:11 beccataylor

7:11	hptechforum:  #FF #hpbladesday guests @SFoskett @Kiwi_Si @martinmacleod @rbrambley @fowen @Knieriemen @johnobeto @chrismevans @storagenerve @Kevin_Houston Friday February 26, 2010 7:11 hptechforum

7:22	kiwi_si:  Good post by @gabvirtualworld "Assigning VLAN / Portgroup permissions in vCenter 4" http://bit.ly/caKz7B Friday February 26, 2010 7:22 kiwi_si

7:27	sfoskett:  [Shared] Tolly Report: HP Flex-10 vs Cisco UCS (Network Bandwidth Scalability Comparison) http://bit.ly/c5jlQ5 Friday February 26, 2010 7:27 sfoskett

7:27	rbrambley:  I uploaded a YouTube video -- HP Blades Day Thursday http://youtu.be/KloesXQhrtI?a Friday February 26, 2010 7:27 rbrambley

7:28	rbrambley:  vmetc.com: HP Blades Day:Thursday, Day 1: HP Blades Day Day 1 was a busy day. Although there were some Internet co... http://bit.ly/aYm5zE Friday February 26, 2010 7:28 rbrambley

8:17	connect_ww:  2010: Combating poverty and social exclusion: Did you know that 17 per cent of Europe’s population live below the ... http://bit.ly/bPNn5M Friday February 26, 2010 8:17 connect_ww

8:24	kevin_houston:  Day 2 of #hpbladesday is back on. Follow the live tweet feeds at http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/02/hp-tech-day-live-tweetfeed/ Friday February 26, 2010 8:24 kevin_houston

8:24	knieriemen:  RT @SFoskett: [Shared] Tolly Report: HP Flex-10 vs Cisco UCS (Network Bandwidth Scalability Comparison) http://bit.ly/c5jlQ5 Friday February 26, 2010 8:24 knieriemen

8:24	sfoskett:  HP Blades committed to converged I/O (witness VirtualConnect/Flex10) and FCoE at the core, HP's strategy for edge unclear to me #hpbladesday Friday February 26, 2010 8:24 sfoskett

 

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