I was stood working on a backup drive in a datacenter the size of two football fields when some remote support guy decided to reboot a whole host of Blades sat in the rack behind me. I nearly sh*t myself, I thought a jet engine was firing up behind me.
2009/10/16 David Lum <[email protected]> > IBM Blade centers are also **VERY** loud at boot-up, then they become > simply less really freakin’ loud. > > *David Lum** **// *SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 *// *(Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, October 16, 2009 6:36 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Dumb HP ProLiant questions > > > > but that's a good thing ... power up tests and verifies that the fans CAN > work at full output should they be needed, and then spool down to whatever > airflow is necessary to maintain operating temperatures ... but yep, you > WILL know when one is rebooted ! > > > Erik Goldoff > > *IT Consultant* > > *Systems, Networks, & Security * > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Sean Rector [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, October 16, 2009 9:04 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Dumb HP ProLiant questions > > We have a pair of DL380 G6’s and I agree – they’re very quiet, except > during the fan check on bootup/restart. Those fans scream, then! > > > > Sean Rector, MCSE > > > > *From:* Martin Blackstone [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, October 16, 2009 8:59 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Dumb HP ProLiant questions > > > > Speaking of…. > > Have any of you purchased a DL360 G6? > > This thing is quiet! I mean so quiet that if you have one running in your > cube right next to you, you cannot hear it. > > Its quieter than a desktop PC. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, October 16, 2009 5:55 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Dumb HP ProLiant questions > > > > > Thanks! I' begun to suspect it might release the DVD drive, but I was > kind-of nervous about pushing it (a second time) on a live system. > -- > RMc > > "Richard Stovall" <[email protected]> wrote on 10/16/2009 > 07:49:39 AM: > > > The square button is the ‘eject’ button used to remove the optical > > drive. 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