RE: Disk Drives

Thanks for the comments.

Al, I'm 20 minutes south of Charlotte across the state line in South
Carolina (assuming you're in Charlotte, NC).

Chris Whisonant
The Comporium Group
Senior Mid-Range Systems Administrator
IBM Certified Specialist
(803) 326-7270
mailto:chris.whisonant@comporium.com

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From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Al Barsa/Barsa
Consulting
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 12:29 AM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Disk Drives



This is not meant to be an all encompassing reply, but I will point out a
few facts:

1).  One of the things that makes them more expensive is that IBM replaces
them, proactively, at their expense, when they are bad.
2).  The high cost of AS/400 integration is one of the things that makes
the AS/400 the lowest cost per user server in the market place.

Al - in Charlotte on vacation

Al Barsa, Jr.
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So, what makes them so much more expensive then? There's a factor of 10
compared to the price of PC drives. I know they're more reliable, but is
that the only advantage? From the iSeries Storage homepage, "These drives
are industrial strength drives which have unique iSeries and AS/400
performance/reliability functions. These drives are supported by iSeries
and
AS/400 disk controllers and I/O processors within the iSeries or AS/400
which provide additional performance and reliability benefits." I also
understand that they have an "advanced problem reporting feature."

Oh, and we all remember the drive fiasco from last Summer/Fall... How many
of you guys got bad disk units?

Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Leif Svalgaard
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 3:15 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Disk Drives


From: Neil Palmer <neilp@dpslink.com>

> Oh ?  It just magically appears with no cost for writing or maintaining
it
> ?  You're writing the cose for IBM for free ?   ;-)
> (I know - certainly NOT enough cost in it to explain the price
> difference).
>

that is, of course, what I meant. Even a $89 PC disk drive needs
a driver program that also costs money, but we are talking pennies.
In IBM's case probably not pennies, but certainly such a minute
fraction of the total disk drive cost that I doubt (as you do) that
that is what is driving the price up into the stratosphere.


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