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

We were a big EMC customer until they basically dropped all support of anthing 
but
their multi-platform Symetrix line.  When we upgraded to RISC, we switched to 
IBM
drives since EMC left us "out in the cold."

Dave Mahadevan 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).
>
> --
> Thank You.
>
> Regards
>
> Dave Mahadevan.. mailto:mahadevan@fuse.net
>
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