[san-tech][02132] Re: BlueArcプレスリリース ("Avatar")

Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:47:50 +0900
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[san-tech][01975] BlueArcプレスリリース ("Avatar")

Avatarでもうけた Weta Digita社は、以前使用していた IBM製ブレード
(IBM HS20) 300台を、地元の公立専門学校：
Whitireia Community Polytechnic
  http://www.whitireia.ac.nz/Pages/home.aspx
に寄付したとのことです。

"Weta Digital, Production House for AVATAR,
 Donates IBM Blade Servers to Schools", January 25, 2010
  http://bladesmadesimple.com/2010/01/weta-digital-production-house-for-avatar-donates-ibm-blade-servers-to-schools/



 "recently donated about 300 IBM HS20 blade servers to Whitireia
  Community Polytechnic in Porirua which will use them to help
  teach students how to create 3-D animations. The IBM HS20 blade
  servers were originally bought to produce special effects for
  The Lord of the Rings at a cost of more than $1 million"

 "Weta Digital has since replaced them with more powerful
  HP BL 2×220c G5 servers supplied by Hewlett-Packard, which
  were used for AVATAR."

たとえ旧機種とはいえ、学校では十分活用されているようです。

元記事
"Avatar snaps up $44.7m Govt grant", 25/01/2010
  http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/3257747/Avatar-snaps-up-44-7m-Govt-grant