This is probably going to be a pretty brief post. There’s not really that much that needs to be said. It's something that needs to be seen (though, admittedly, the “need” is totally subjective). But I firmly believe it’s worth noting when a technology company’s efforts to produce funny or, dare I say, “cool” promotional materials are successful.
Apparently I missed the video clip in which Hewlett-Packard shoots a server cabinet with a gun to illustrate the notion that it’s equipment is “bulletproof” – a semantic distinction I might quibble with, given the fairly large hole the bullet leaves in the cabinet.
So I wasn’t precisely aware that HP was at it again when I read this blog post by Computerworld’s Robert L. Mitchell, which points to this HP-produced video clip, in which some men in white lab coats blow up a functioning set of data center equipment in order to demonstrate the company’s disaster recovery capabilities.
Anyhow, HP is at it again, evidently. With pretty amusing results. I suppose if you’re a frustrated network administrator, you might take some visceral pleasure in the violent destruction of the hardware. Of course, there’s the demonstration of the technology, which is no less interesting to witness.
And I couldn’t let an amusing promotional clip go by without taking the opportunity to fondly recall the Mr. T clip from Hitachi Data Systems.
