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On 12/3/07, Al Barsa <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
IBM has recently observed cases at our IBM System i customers where disk
drives have been procured on the open market and modified to look like IBM
drives. These modifications include false labels that look like IBM labels

I think this is understandable as long as IBM is charging unreasonable
prices for their System i drives.

e.G.

System i: 4328, U320 Attachment, 15kRPM, 147GB Capacity, 3098 CHF
System x: 40K1044, U320 Attachment, 15kRPM, 147GB Capacity, 760 CHF

Noname U320, 15kRPM, 147GB Drive: ~300 CHF

While the System x drive is market priced (HP, Dell charge somewhat
the same amount), IBM is milking it's System i customer base on System
i disk drives.


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