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mbpark · 09-06-2010, 09:34 AM

Howard has been at the forefront of technology for years. Having everything on redundant IBM (because he loves IBM technology and has for years...he does still run Lotus Notes and has kept Jeff Schick around for at least 20 years) SANs would be just like him. He had a Treo when the entire world had RAZR phones.

At this point, I would not be surprised if he was running fiber between those locations. He can afford it, and backing up 100TB takes a $1M+ tape drive setup (we have one at work - a Quantum ADIC with 36 drives) and a lot of fiber (we have that too). Business-class cable is still not good enough to handle that amount of data. I can fit 100TB in a 42U rack and have space left over, even with an EMC these days (we just did that for a project). You can fit a small EMC or IBM SAN and the supporting equipment in a small room.

I can imagine that they make Sal & Richard scan the dildos, since they like that stuff. Somehow I don't see Boy Gary doing that anymore.

I can also imagine that Howard encrypts all of it, probably with the Brocade switches.

09-06-2010, 09:34 AM	#25
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	Howard has been at the forefront of technology for years. Having everything on redundant IBM (because he loves IBM technology and has for years...he does still run Lotus Notes and has kept Jeff Schick around for at least 20 years) SANs would be just like him. He had a Treo when the entire world had RAZR phones. At this point, I would not be surprised if he was running fiber between those locations. He can afford it, and backing up 100TB takes a $1M+ tape drive setup (we have one at work - a Quantum ADIC with 36 drives) and a lot of fiber (we have that too). Business-class cable is still not good enough to handle that amount of data. I can fit 100TB in a 42U rack and have space left over, even with an EMC these days (we just did that for a project). You can fit a small EMC or IBM SAN and the supporting equipment in a small room. I can imagine that they make Sal & Richard scan the dildos, since they like that stuff. Somehow I don't see Boy Gary doing that anymore. I can also imagine that Howard encrypts all of it, probably with the Brocade switches.