RE: Disk Drives

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wellll, on pricewatch.com I saw a Seagate 9.1 for $89, a Seagate 18.2 for
$129. NEW. We're always getting hit by Moore's Law.

At 08:55 AM 3/27/02 -0600, you wrote:
>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
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