[THIN] Fw: Re: IBM blades for Citrix vs. HP DL360?
- From: Jeremy Saunders <jeremy.saunders@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:07:27 +0800
I'm speaking from an Integrators point of view. System Admin may be
different. From an overall management point of view...it probably makes no
difference. And HP SIM is very nice indeed. I've always been a fan.
Director does the same stuff...just differently.
I guess that from a new deployment point of view from when you first unpack
them to a point when you have an OS on the first blade, I just prefer the
IBM's. Everything you need is in the box and the remote control stuff is
good.
From the HP point of view, I found this to be quite the opposite. I found
the Java console for the Advanced iLO very frustrating. I got an e-mail
from HP back in Feb saying that it was a know issue with no resolution
date. It could take up to 10 minutes to get the mice synchronised. But if M
says that it's been addressed, then that's great.
As I said, it just depends on how you work, and what your preference is.
From a Citrix point of view, you also need to understand the bigger picture
as the alliance between IBM, VMware and Citrix grows, and where they are
going with Virtualisation. Sure...I bet HP will go there too, but which
hardware vendor will be the main player and come up with a better overall
strategy? Of course I'm setting myself up here to see who bites :) Probably
Jim in his underware.
Before making the investment, I urge you to go and take a look at both
systems running at your local HP and IBM offices. You can then compare the
features, see the remote management working, etc. Not meaning to harp on
about Remote Management. But that sort of stuff is important to me.
"M"
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Re: [THIN] Re: IBM blades for
Citrix vs. HP DL360?
Id love to know what issues you had Jeremy.
Mind emailing them offlist ?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Saunders" <jeremy.saunders@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 11:53 PM
Subject: [THIN] Re: IBM blades for Citrix vs. HP DL360?
> Yes...that ESX stuff with VMotion is the way to go. It rocks! I guess I
had
> a bad experience with the HP blade deployment I did back in January of
this
> year, and a great experience with the IBM blade deployment I did in
August.
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> "Jim Kenzig
> http://ThinHelp.c
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> 21/12/2005 07:30
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> Please respond to
> thin
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> Agreed... HP Blades and their management kick the sh*t out of any of the
> other ones.
> The altiris deployment console makes imaging a breeze. The Ilo rocks! If
I
> were you I would buy a blade
> center with a huge amount of storage array, buy a couple copies of
vmware
> esx with vmotion and P2V your existing
> DL380's and have a heavenly environment where you can never leave your
desk
> to manage all your systems.
> I've reached that nirvana and there is no turning back! If my company
> didn't make me come in I could stay at home
> and still manage my entire Center and rarely have to walk in the room.
>
> Jim
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: M <mathras@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:19:55 PM
> Subject: [THIN] Re: IBM blades for Citrix vs. HP DL360?
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>
> I have to disagree with you about your HP Blade comments.I had to smile
> when
> you suggested they were difficult to work with.
>
> HP Blades are a doddle and not difficult to work with at all.
> I put in a brand new rack with Fault Tolerant 3 phase power supplies, 5
> enclosures. 40 blades and 10 Copper Gigabit Interconnect cards and cabled
> in
> one day. I retreated to my desk where i had operating systems up and
> running
> in approx 1 hr.
> Feet up eating my first Bic Mac and planning my ESX server takeover.
>
> About the iLO ... The early versions of the iLo were poor but since
version
> 1.75 the iLo has improved and the mouse sync issues are long gone. The
iLos
> also can be scripted too.
> You can also connect the HP blades to KVM switches.
>
> Cabling. Look behind most server racks and the cabling is often a dogs
> dinner. The cabling for the HP Blades/Scalable /Mini Bus Bars is so
simple
> and well laid out its untrue.
>
> If your using something like Altiris/RDP how many times are you going to
> visit the console anyway ? In fact how may server admins even visit the
> server console anymore anyway?
> Ive estimated that in the last month ive used an iLO three times. Once
due
> a
> server not booting via PXE properly, once to change the name of an
> Enclosure
> and once to remove Citrix from a server after a script refused to.
>
> The iLo floppy and CD options are pretty good as well plus they worked
> first
> time for me without having to resort to documentation and thats a bonus
in
> my book.
>
> As to hardware failures in nearly two years of Blade use we have had one
> hard disk fail, one psu die and one BBWC fail. Thats a better record than
> our S*n servers that sit opposite.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeremy Saunders" <jeremy.saunders@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 10:41 PM
> Subject: [THIN] Re: IBM blades for Citrix vs. HP DL360?
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>
> Interesting view James.
>
> Even though I work for IBM, we also deploy HP, Dell, etc. We are part of
> the service arm. I am infact a HP ASE. My experience has found that the
HP
> blades are difficult to work with. The Java interface to the Advanced iLO
> is poor (mouse sync is a known issue), etc.
>
> The IBMs also have build in Floppy, CD and USB, and a KVM switch. The
> method to achieve this through the HPs always leaves me very frustrated.
>
> People tend to buy the HP blades due to the fact that they are a HP
house,
> and are more interested in sticking with HP. But if I get a chance to
> demonstrate the two, customers then choose IBM.
>
> I think it all comes down to preferences and peoples aliances.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jeremy Saunders
> Senior Technical Specialist
>
> Integrated Technology Services &
> Cerulean
> IBM Australia
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> vs. HP DL360?
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> Anyone want to chime in with their 2 cents on the IBM blade vs the HP
> DL360? We're currently using the DL360s but looking at the IBMs...just
> wondering if anyone had any stories to tell.
>
> Thanks!
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