Re: EMC DASD (wasCISC to RISC conversion of data)

At 11:05 AM 4/8/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Neil:
>
>Neil Palmer wrote:
>
>> So, IMHO, the reason 3rd party disk is cheaper, is because IT'S NO
BLOODY GOOD
>> !!!!
>
>I hate to disagree with this statement.  But the truth is EMC DASD is as good
>as.  They have grabbed a huge market share and growing by leaps and
bounds.  The
>customers are all not that stupid, right?  I have used their DASD without
>trouble.  OTOH, 3 of my 9332-600 failed.   Everybody of course knows the
>fantastic unreliability of 9335.   Blanket statements like this only cause
>misunderstanding.  I believe all DASD manufacturers try their best.   I do
>believe that mirroring now is the best choice considering the price of
DASD in
>general to avoid disk crashes (been there done that).
>
I agree with Neil, and disagree with Dave.

The AS/400 is an integrated system, and buying everything from one vendor
means that you have one person to contact when you have a failure.

EMC has significantly de-emphasized the midrange marketplace.

Here's a good test.  Find out the street price to buy a new IBM DASD unit
(like a 9337), and a comparable third party unit (EMC, IPL, who else).
Then have another company call around (so that the 'buyer' and 'seller' are
not associated) to see how much you could re-sell the new-unused unit for.

You'd be amazed at the difference in value.

Al



Al Barsa, Jr. - Account for Midrange-L
Barsa Consulting, LLC.  
400 > 390

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