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Old June 10th 06, 05:43 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq.servers
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How did the pickup go yesturday ? Might be a nice day for a drive to your
neck of the woods

I sent a message back to your gmail ... havent seen any response on that.

- LC


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Old June 11th 06, 05:22 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq.servers
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NuTCrAcKeR wrote:
How did the pickup go yesturday ? Might be a nice day for a drive to your
neck of the woods

I sent a message back to your gmail ... havent seen any response on that.

- LC


The pickup was a bit of a disappointment. The DL380's are about a month
away from being fully decommissioned. Apparently "for some reason" the
new Dells are not performing quite as well as expected! I have been
promised the machines when they are completely off line (there are
five, of course I couldn't get the specs yet).

The racks were enormous, measuring 80" tall. They had been stripped of
all rails, pdu's and even fans. Because of the size I was forced to
turn them in for scrap steel.

I did get a set of four HP 4100TN lasers that I have fully tested and
found to be in perfect working order. There are four of the smaller
Laserjet 5P printers. I also got eleven very nice Netvista's that range
from 866m up to 966M (perfect workstations for the charity, and a
handful for my tinkering). I got two 21" monitors (both working
perfectly) and one of them is a Compaq!

So, unless you have a need for one of these fast lasers, we will have
to put things on hold for awhile.

Jeff

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Old June 11th 06, 06:35 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq.servers
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NuTCrAcKeR wrote:
How did the pickup go yesturday ? Might be a nice day for a drive to your
neck of the woods

I sent a message back to your gmail ... havent seen any response on that.

- LC


The pickup was a bit of a disappointment. The DL380's are about a month
away from being fully decommissioned. Apparently "for some reason" the
new Dells are not performing quite as well as expected! I have been
promised the machines when they are completely off line (there are
five, of course I couldn't get the specs yet).

The racks were enormous, measuring 80" tall. They had been stripped of
all rails, pdu's and even fans. Because of the size I was forced to
turn them in for scrap steel.

I did get a set of four HP 4100TN lasers that I have fully tested and
found to be in perfect working order. There are four of the smaller
Laserjet 5P printers. I also got eleven very nice Netvista's that range
from 866m up to 966M (perfect workstations for the charity, and a
handful for my tinkering). I got two 21" monitors (both working
perfectly) and one of them is a Compaq!

So, unless you have a need for one of these fast lasers, we will have
to put things on hold for awhile.

Jeff


I am sure either a 5P or 4100TN would be better than the 4PPm LaserJet4P
(circa 1994) that i am currently using ... all the better if there is a
JetDirect card. I know the 5P doesnt natively support networking, but I have
some ethernet to parallel print servers that work nicely. Those racks would
be nothing but scrap to me too. Was hoping for maybe some rails for G1 gear
.... like 360's, 380's, and 6400R's. You have any of that laying about? How
about for storage subsystems ... RA4000's, UE's, U2's, F2's. etc ... ?

Dells not working as expected .... go figure!

Actually, its a bit of a black art to get those things to work well (which,
naturally, I am versed in). Know thy enemy and all that.

- LC


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Old June 11th 06, 10:02 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq.servers
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NuTCrAcKeR wrote:
I am sure either a 5P or 4100TN would be better than the 4PPm LaserJet4P
(circa 1994) that i am currently using ... all the better if there is a
JetDirect card. I know the 5P doesnt natively support networking, but I have
some ethernet to parallel print servers that work nicely.


As I said, the 4100's are very nice. They not only have the 10/100
JetDirects, but they all come with the second letter tray (making them
able to hold 1000 sheets). I have run every test that I know of...they
even indicate that the "maintenance kit" is not neccessary for another
16600 pages (on the worst of the four). This is one of those times that
I wish this group allowed picture posting.

The 5P should (in my opinion) never be considered anything more than a
personal printer tied to a personal workstation. It can only handle
about 10ppm...where those 4100's roll out pages (very smoothly and
quietly) at 29ppm. The 4100 only takes five seconds to FULLY power up
from a cold stop to the "Ready" indicator...something most customers
complained about in earlier models.

Until now, I have been running a 4V on the network. It has always run
well, and has the duplexor option and 128M installed. You can take that
away, if you can bear the weight!

Those racks would
be nothing but scrap to me too. Was hoping for maybe some rails for G1 gear
... like 360's, 380's, and 6400R's. You have any of that laying about? How
about for storage subsystems ... RA4000's, UE's, U2's, F2's. etc ... ?


I think I may have one rail set designed for the 3000, but that would
be it. I was tempted (for about 23 seconds) to bring one rack home to
use as a garage cabinet for my Sams Club purchases! They had the sides,
the plexiglass front door and four shelves...pretty good for storing
the extra toilet paper, paper towels, and can goods.

Dells not working as expected .... go figure!

Actually, its a bit of a black art to get those things to work well (which,
naturally, I am versed in). Know thy enemy and all that.

- LC


I actually have a lot of Dell Factory Certification myself. It made
"turning my back" an educated decision.

Jeff

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Old June 11th 06, 10:57 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq.servers
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Dells not working as expected .... go figure!

Actually, its a bit of a black art to get those things to work well
(which,
naturally, I am versed in). Know thy enemy and all that.

- LC


I actually have a lot of Dell Factory Certification myself. It made
"turning my back" an educated decision.

Jeff


Usually, it comes down to Firmware, Driver, and the proper OpenManage
component installations. Once you get the ArrayManager, or newer
StorageManagement components installed, one needs to tune the Caching and
I/O policies on the Array controller to get the most out of them. The disk
I/O is usually the best thing about them, other than the price. But, you get
what you pay for them. I would never want to setup another Dell IT Assistant
environment for as long as I live !!!

.... So, its not unlike setting up a reliable proliant server. People that
complain about them normally take the OS out of the box and complain about
thier instability. Its all in the drivers and apps .....

- LC


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Old June 11th 06, 11:42 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq.servers
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NuTCrAcKeR wrote:
Usually, it comes down to Firmware, Driver, and the proper OpenManage
component installations. Once you get the ArrayManager, or newer
StorageManagement components installed, one needs to tune the Caching and
I/O policies on the Array controller to get the most out of them. The disk
I/O is usually the best thing about them, other than the price. But, you get
what you pay for them. I would never want to setup another Dell IT Assistant
environment for as long as I live !!!

... So, its not unlike setting up a reliable proliant server. People that
complain about them normally take the OS out of the box and complain about
thier instability. Its all in the drivers and apps .....

- LC


Once again, I must acquiesce to your greater experience. Please let me
know if you need an undestudy...or if you need some available "hands"
to expand into Lake County.

Jeff

 




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