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    • Minion QueenM
      Minion Queen Banned
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      Spent a bit of time talking to Dusty @ Scale Computing today. Can't wait till SpiceWorld!

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      • dafyreD
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        I got to talk with Kevin Greenwood @ Scale for a bit last night. I really like some of the changes they are doing to their system!

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        • Minion QueenM
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          Looks like NTG will be working with them a lot and we are also going to be reselling as well. We are also getting stuff for the lab. @scottalanmiller , @art_of_shred and @Mike-Ralston are really excited about that.

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          • scottalanmillerS
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            Just ran out of milk here. Have to go walk to the little local store here. It's at least half a mile, maybe more. And there is a LOT of sun out there.

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            • dafyreD
              dafyre @Minion Queen
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              @Minion-Queen Can I play too? I haven't got to see their new firmware yet. I know they made some major changes since the last version I saw.

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              • Minion QueenM
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                I have some plans for all the ML people..... and Scale so we will see what we can do for everyone.

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                • JaredBuschJ
                  JaredBusch @Minion Queen
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                  @Minion-Queen said:

                  Looks like NTG will be working with them a lot and we are also going to be reselling as well. We are also getting stuff for the lab. @scottalanmiller , @art_of_shred and @Mike-Ralston are really excited about that.

                  I like their ideas and the hardware looks nice, but I just do not see it ever in the SMB space. SME or maybe the largest side of SMB, but certianly not in most places where I am working.

                  Shops that I feel can make good use of Scale's stuff generally have an IT staff of their own (for better or worse) and I do not get in those.

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                  • dafyreD
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                    Their target is actually in the SMB space... For what you get with Scale, you could spend $100k easy on SAN, and 3 or 4 Servers...

                    The company that I worked with that went to Scale actually saved about 30k over replacing 3 VMware servers, and adding in Flash cache to improve performance withour SAN, and to grow our VMware infrastructure from 3 nodes to 4. Compared to our (entry level?) HP / Left Hand SAN, the Scale cluster is blistering fast.

                    Plus if you get 3 servers, and decide you need more computing power, just add another node -- and you get extra storage too... If you really only need storage, they make nodes for just that.

                    I tend to get relatively excited when talking about them, lol. We had such a good experience with them and all.

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                    • JaredBuschJ
                      JaredBusch @dafyre
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                      @dafyre said:

                      Their target is actually in the SMB space... For what you get with Scale, you could spend $100k easy on SAN, and 3 or 4 Servers...

                      I know it is their target market, but I just do not see it being useful at any of my existing clients.

                      @dafyre said:

                      I tend to get relatively excited when talking about them, lol. We had such a good experience with them and all.

                      I have never had a bad interaction with them either.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller
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                        Just got back from the walk to the store. OMG it is hot. And a strawberry Fanta just blew up on me.

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                        • dafyreD
                          dafyre @JaredBusch
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                          @JaredBusch said:

                          I know it is their target market, but I just do not see it being useful at any of my existing clients.

                          What makes you say that? (Just curious)

                          I have never had a bad interaction with them either.
                          This is good to know. 8-)

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                          • stacksofplatesS
                            stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            Just got back from the walk to the store. OMG it is hot. And a strawberry Fanta just blew up on me.

                            I've never had the strawberry. But the orange is delicious.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller
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                              Strawberry is way better.

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                              • JaredBuschJ
                                JaredBusch @dafyre
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                                @dafyre said:

                                @JaredBusch said:

                                I know it is their target market, but I just do not see it being useful at any of my existing clients.

                                What makes you say that? (Just curious)

                                I have never had a bad interaction with them either.
                                This is good to know. 8-)

                                The cost of the devices versus the cost of internal storage. It simply makes no sense for any of the clients I currently have that have servers on site.

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                                • stacksofplatesS
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                                  Trying to get the Little Einsteins theme song out of my head.

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                                  • dafyreD
                                    dafyre @stacksofplates
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                                    @johnhooks said:

                                    Trying to get the Little Einsteins theme song out of my head.

                                    This it the song that never ends! Yes, it goes on and on my friends! Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because...

                                    This it the song that never ends! Yes, it goes on and on my friends! Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because...

                                    This it the song that never ends! Yes, it goes on and on my friends! Some people started singing it, not knowing what it was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because

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                                    • dafyreD
                                      dafyre @stacksofplates
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                                      @johnhooks Did that help?

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                                      • MattSpellerM
                                        MattSpeller @dafyre
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                                        @dafyre no.jpg

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                                        • stacksofplatesS
                                          stacksofplates @dafyre
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                                          @dafyre said:

                                          @johnhooks Did that help?

                                          I wish haha. I have the Little Einsteins remix stuck in my head. Don't listen or it will never leave you!

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
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                                            @johnhooks said:

                                            @dafyre said:

                                            @johnhooks Did that help?

                                            I wish haha. I have the Little Einsteins remix stuck in my head. Don't listen or it will never leave you!

                                            The one on YouTube? I've heard that just this week!

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