The Computer History Museum is really cool! I highly recommend geeks check it out if you are in the area .. especially if you can catch some of the demonstrations/tours.
My understanding is that they found the HP ProCurve switches were a better deal to buy two chassis and stuff all the blades into one box rather than buy the blades and add them to one. It was cheaper that way.
Looks like most of the midsized companies "data centers" I've been in recently. At least the cables aren't all over the floor for you to trip on as well.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 126 ms ] threadHere's a closeup of a nic on one of the machines: http://friendfeed.com/e/e7bc8124-ee7f-4949-91d2-773e410613d3... I took this picture two months ago at the Computer History Museum, where the jj rack is on display.
My understanding is that they found the HP ProCurve switches were a better deal to buy two chassis and stuff all the blades into one box rather than buy the blades and add them to one. It was cheaper that way.
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BTW, here's a video (taken by someone else): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z19-6tvGSq4
http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference/2007/speakers http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/conference/2008/
I remember seeing videos of Yegge's and Munroe's talks. Yegge's is worth watching.