When adopting a new 100GbE switch, it’s important to follow gradual introduction procedures to keep your existing cats from becoming stressed and developing RDMA aggression.

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@dan I did the same with Emma and our Juniper PTX1000 100G router last year
@alyx @dan Cats love network equipment!
@catsalad @dan emma is fascinated by zelazny
@catsalad @dan she also likes to sit on network switches
@catsalad @dan and she likes to look at even more servers
@alyx @catsalad @dan That cat looks like she has some *opinions* about technical choices being made.
@alyx @catsalad @dan most people just scare their cats with cucumbers.
@alyx @catsalad @dan Old photo, previous cat:
@smartperson @alyx @catsalad @dan I massively reduced my personal collection recently, I only kept one SGI:

@davefischer @alyx @catsalad @dan nice O2, and nice cat. Proves the "slightly elevated warm" attractor theory.

Here's my old man when he was younger, sitting on a shitty D-Link

@mr_daemon I still have that Logitech (mine is Z-2300 model) speaker!
@alyx @catsalad @dan this should be the pic for some http.cat status code, i just dont know which ​
@bread @catsalad @dan @alyx Emma looking at the opened up zelazny is perfect for 500: internal server error tbh
@alyx @catsalad @dan "I heard this uses Cat-5, I'm just waiting on the other four."
@alyx @catsalad@infosec.exchange @dan non-blocking

@alyx

do they prefer Purrracuda Networks, Ubikitti, or Hissco hardware?

@catsalad @dan