[Info-vax] Proliant DL380 Gen10 s for sale

[Grant Taylor]

On 7/21/22 3:26 PM, gah4 wrote:
> How many generations can there be of the same thing?

As many as Compaq ~> HP ~> HPE ~> ??? wants to make.

The basic design and capability (as in number of CPU / drive / slots) 
has stayed roughly the same.  The different generations are updates of 
the basic design using newer components.

I think I've seen some vendors make the generation number match the CPU 
generation number.  I don't know if HP(E) does this.  E.g. 
SuperWizBang3000 G1 used 1st generation Intel Core CPUs while the 
SuperWizBang3000 G5 used 5th generation Intel Core CPUs.

> Some years ago, maybe 10, I bought three DL380's for my wife's lab,
> for $100 each.  I don't remember knowing about the generation, but
> they were fast enough for what needed to be done.

If they were Compaq branded, they might have been 1st generation DL380s. 
  I don't think the generation marking existed on the 1st generation.

I've owned multiple DL380s over the years.  I've got four DL380 G5s in 
my basement at the moment along with two ML370 G5s.

> Fun machines, with ILO so you can remotely turn them on and off.

Yep.

IP KVM is nice too.

> That was about the same time I bought an RX2600, used for $100,
> and they look very similar, I believe using the same disks and
> disk carriers.

I'm not surprised.

> Ancient history in computer years.

Yep.

But they probably still run.



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