Henry's Techno-Musings: "The Wit and Wisdom of Chairman John"
Henry's Techno-Musings: "The Wit and Wisdom of Chairman John"
Mar 8, 2011, 16 :35 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (721 reads)
(Other stories by Henry Grebler)
"Here's the deal. Chairman John has bought two ELVISes from HP, one for us and one for our remote satellite site. Originally, the technology was developed by IBRIX, which has since been acquired by HP. In essence, it's a NAS.
"But there seems to have been a slip between the cup and the lip.
"As I understand it, it can export NFS; it can export CIFS. But it seems that it can't export both at the same time: there's some sort of locking problem. HP can't guarantee that there won't be corruption.
"Why am I using such vague terminology? Well, I have discovered in the last few months that some people can have a Microsoft effect on me. OK, one particular person. I've discussed this with my colleagues. They agree that whenever there's a meeting with Chairman John, a fog of stupidity envelopes the room, reducing all participants to the IQ of cattle."
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