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Subject: RE: Cougar systems
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 20:02:27 -0700
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From: "Paul Hammer" <paul.hammer@onstor.com>
To: "Andy Sharp" <andy.sharp@onstor.com>
Cc: "Brian Stark" <brian.stark@onstor.com>,
	"Jonathan Goldick" <jonathan.goldick@onstor.com>,
	"Tim Gardner" <tim.gardner@onstor.com>,
	"Jobi Ariyamannil" <jobi.ariyamannil@onstor.com>,
	"John Rogers" <john.rogers@onstor.com>,
	"Bob Miller" <bob.miller@onstor.com>,
	"Andrew LeFebvre" <andrew.lefebvre@onstor.com>

Indeed, Cougar is the wrong cat for me to pick on, need those old cats
removed and not the kittens. Thanks.

-Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Sharp=20
Sent: 2008-05-12 19:59
To: Paul Hammer
Cc: Brian Stark; Jonathan Goldick; Tim Gardner; Jobi Ariyamannil; John
Rogers; Bob Miller; Andrew LeFebvre
Subject: Re: Cougar systems

On Mon, 12 May 2008 19:53:23 -0700 "Paul Hammer"
<paul.hammer@onstor.com> wrote:

> Very nice Brian. This will be a big help.
>=20
>=20
> John can we secure the ports, rack space and cooling we need and
> provision some storage in anticipation of these new assets (if needed
> lets yank a few cougars). Thanks,
                  ^^^^^^^
I hope you meant cheetahs ~:^)


> -Paul
> _____________________________________________
> From: Brian Stark=20
> Sent: 2008-05-12 17:33
> To: Paul Hammer; Jonathan Goldick; Tim Gardner; Andy Sharp; Jobi
> Ariyamannil
> Cc: John Rogers
> Subject: Cougar systems
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> The hardware and ops groups are working on building up more Cougar
> systems today, and I wanted to let you know what will be available in
> the near future.
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> 4 cluster-in-a-box chassis with Rev A motherboards -- these systems
> are part of QE and Dev's Rev A allocation and will remain in the lab
> 3 cluster-in-a-box chassis with Rev 4 motherboards -- Beta systems,
> will be pulled out of lab when we go to Beta
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> This is a total of 7 clusters (14 motherboards), which I'm hoping is
> enough to meet the current demand for systems.  Going beyond this
> number won't be possible until we get the next build of Rev A
> motherboards that is currently on hold pending more info on the
> Qlogic SRAM parity error.
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> I'll make these systems available to John as soon as they're ready.
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> Thanks,
> Brian
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