RE: Help me Justify iSeries

If you read the warranty on most desktop-class drives, they will state
something like 300 or so power-on hours per month.  They are not
warranted for 24x7 operation.

On the RAID side, the Buffalo NAS units
(http://www.buffalotech.com/products/category-detail.php?categoryid=10)
seem to be pretty nicely regarded and are not expensive at all for what
you get.  Their terabyte station can be had for about $1000, $1800+ for
the 1.6TB unit.


Anyway, on a modern iSeries, finding a few extra GB for document storage
probably shouldn't be too much of an issue.  Also, your separate system
adds complexity to the environment, which by nature adds to the
administrative costs/overhead.

Now, if you were already going to do Linux/Windows for, say, the web
serving, then by all means add the disk to that existing server and go
for it.  But as a separate, standalone box I wouldn't want the added
admin that entails.