RE: Explaing the difference in PC vs AS/400 disk... $$$$$$

> There is not much difference in the disk drives themselves, so the
>Escort to Infinity comparison is not dead on. The controller is different
>but not enough to make up the price difference. IBM needs to realize this
>before the loose more customers to the likes of EMC.
>
> You'll always pay more for DASD for large systems and that's the way of
>it. Instead of looking at the drive cost look at all you get from the
>system and the price is more than worth it.
>
>Rich Loesch
>Borders Group
>
> -----Original Message-----
>Why does an Infinity cost $50,000 when a Ford Escort costs $10,000?
>They're both cars...



One IBMer says he's taken the SCSI drives from trashed AS/400 drives,
reformatte d them, and run them on his PC at home.  However, he says he
can't go the other way because the formatting is different, and the 400
won't re-format a PC format drive from scratch....  but, physically,
they're the same.


--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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