Re: Upgrade Options

We have a 530 2-way and have 80 9337's (220's and 440's), 18 6606's and
(don't laugh, 2 6105's. Oh, and we are Raid 5...

Neil Palmer wrote:

> What AS/400 model do you currently have, and how many disk arms ?
>
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>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   Chuck Lewis [SMTP:clewis@iquest.net]
>         Sent:   Wednesday, February 11, 1998 1:42 PM
>         To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>         Subject:        Re: Upgrade Options
>
>         At 21:21:22 -0600 on 2/10/98,  Pete Hall wrote:
>
>         <I know you're kidding, but I should have made it clear that I
>
> was
>         referring to the disk actuator activity, not storage. Of
> course
> IBM will
>         probably send you a free subscription to AS/400 magazine if
> you
> promise
>         to only use 20% of your disk space...>
>
>         I SHOULD have realized that !! Now that you mention it - duh
> on
> my part
>         <BG>
>
>         What experiencedo you (or anyone out there) have with moving
> to
> the new
>         8gb drives ? This REALLY cuts down on "arms"... We are going
> to
> upgrade,
>         and are probably going with the 4gb drives...
>
>         --
>         Chuck
>
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