Re: 8 Gig Drives

["Chris Rehm" <Mr.AS400@xxxxxxx>]

>There is no production work on our 400.  Used only for development and 
>for dial up access to remote customer AS/400's for support.

That does make a difference, since all you are gambling with is
developer's time. 

>PS - Try to sell an $8,000 + (Canadian$) RAID-5 disk controller to a small
>customer with a tight budget.

I _do_ try, Neil. I always, always recommend raid or mirroring. A customer
has the right to decide to pass on disk protection, but I never forget to
show them what the costs are and tell them why I think it is worth
spending.

A customer with reasonable credit can finance that $8k machine for about
$240 a month, right? With an additional 4 gig drive for mirroring it comes
to about $300 a month (financing, it's $90 for maint.). 

That was just a quick look at the configurations, since I really never
have had anyone buy a machine that small and I don't know if I could fit
any software on it. But a developer might find that useful!

>...Neil



Chris Rehm
Mr.AS400@ibm.net
You have to ask yourself, "How often can I afford to be unexpectedly out of 
business?" 
Get an AS/400.
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