[hpcjoe]

Before I left HPE post Cray acquisition, some of the folks in the consulting/"cloud" division insisted that to use their tooling, we had to insert a windows machine into clusterstor, that mounted lustre, so that they could run their powershell script to gather usage metrics.

What I found working with these teams, was that the desire to flip tables was quite strong after meeting with them. I tried to address their concerns, one point at a time. They were bewildered that windows could not mount (modern) lustre. Really bewildered. I offered to help rewrite their scripts in another (portable) language, so we could avoid these problems. Still they were bewildered.

They were not why I left. Merely a confirmation that my decision to leave was the right one.

[shrdmem256]

HPE is known for its acquisitions and, with that, there are diverse hardware teams who approach engineering differently. This can be a source of amazing innovation or power battles. The folks inside HPE need to learn how to engage in technical conflict better to prevent these catastrophic scenarios.

And yes, your decision was the right one.