Liveblog: HP Tech Day for Blade Servers, Day 1

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'Ã©cran dans cette dÃ©mo 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