[KLUG Members] Re: File Server Appliances anyone? (Adam Tauno Williams)

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> Google and IBM.com didn't have any info on "IBM" "Hoopoe" "xSeries <$1000".

Ha!  Hoopoe is the host name.  Also the name for a nuclear weapon
detonated in Nevada (gotta love countries that nuke themselves:) as well
as a species of water bird.

> I shot off an email with your post to my IBM Direct rep, but haven't gotten
> a response. Would you possibly have any additional information that might
> help me find this unit?

How about -
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11215&item=3092289152&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11215&item=3092314349&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11215&item=3092440655&rd=1

I don't do the purchasing, I just requisition what I want, so I have no
idea how we acquired these.  But the above look like identical units; I
swapped out the drives myself, just cheaper that way.  The 20Gb drive
that came with it went into the spare parts pile for replacing drives in
Compaq PCs since those morons can't spell v-e-n-t-i-l-a-t-i-o-n.