RE: Disk Drives

Also, keep in mind that AS/400s use SCSI type disks, not IDE type. Is there
a PC SCSI 17GB drive for $200? Also formatted differently (520-byte sectors
versus 512 on PC). Maybe more microcode on drive's controller board to
support AS/400 communications. Others will know more.

Loyd

-----Original Message-----
From: Vernon Hamberg [mailto:vhamberg@attbi.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 8:40 AM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Disk Drives


It's a good question. But there are, AFAIK, clear differences, most likely
in the controllers. One of hte benefits of the iSeries is its ability to
detect faults very early, and to report them. That's part of the hardware.

Still, you might look at network storage (SAN?), ot at the xSeries
integration, where you can get lots of storage on an NT or whatever and
manage it from the 400.

Just ideas - others will know more.

At 09:04 AM 3/27/02 -0500, you wrote:
>What's the deal with the prices on iSeries drives? $2000 for a 10k 17.5 GB
>drive! We're working on getting a quote for a Dedicated Server for Domino
or
>an Exchange solution. Software will be comparable, but the disk drives are
>killing the hardware quote.
>
>Of course, I would love to go this route, but can anyone give me some
>pointers to justify the $1800+/drive difference between the IBM disks and
pc
>disks?
>
>Are there any other drive or storage solutions?
>
>Thanks,
>Chris Whisonant
>The Comporium Group
>Senior Mid-Range Systems Administrator
>IBM Certified Specialist
>(803) 326-7270
>mailto:chris.whisonant@comporium.com