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I said the same thing, I paid just a hair under 200 a piece for six drives, 17gb 10k........ On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 10:24:32 -0600, Haase, Justin C. wrote > And what used vendor is quoting you $750 for 17 gig? That's a bit > steep. > > -- > Justin C. Haase - iSeries System Engineer > IBM Certified Systems Expert - eServer i5 > Kingland Systems Corporation > > -----Original Message----- > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Oberholtzer > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:11 AM > To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: model 270 > > <snip> > OK, not fair. How about a similarly sized Maxtor 18GB Ultra-320 SCSI > 15K for $75, or $4.16/GB. New. > </snip> > > Unfortunately your comparison is apple/oranges. If you compare > drives from those same manufacturers that are rated for the same > MTBF and service type, you may have an argument, however the drives > you site are not manufactured with the same tolerances. We have > had this discussion before. The drives you site in the comparisons > are not equivalent drives from those manufacturers to the ones IBM > uses in its enterprise class servers (z, p, & i) . Even Hitachi who > manufactures a very high percentage of the drives for IBM has two > models in the 17 gig variety. One for real server usage (i, p, & z) , > and the other for the consumer market and folks that do the very > comparison that you just did. > > Sorry if I just won't bite on that argument. > > Jim > -- > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) > mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To > subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: > http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: > MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment > to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail communication, including > attachments, is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, > 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential, and may be legally > privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or believe you > received this communication in error, please reply to the sender > indicating that fact and delete the copy you received. In addition, > retention, dissemination, distribution, copying, or otherwise use of > the information contained in this communication is strictly > prohibited. Thank you. > > -- > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) > mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To > subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: > http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: > MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment > to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. If you bought it, it was hauled by a truck - somewhere, sometime.
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