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RE: Current PTF groups and SPECTRE/MELTDOWN

< Buy some SSD's and your whole maintenance world changes.

Why do say that?

Paul

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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob Berendt
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 2:36 PM
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Subject: RE: Current PTF groups and SPECTRE/MELTDOWN

Buy some SSD's and your whole maintenance world changes.


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From: Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 02/28/2018 02:30 PM
Subject: RE: Current PTF groups and SPECTRE/MELTDOWN
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



Thanks, I was just curious.

We typically upgrade due to end-of-support (like September 2019). I see
people talk about dollars savings in maintenance costs, but for us that
never seems to offset the cost of the new hardware.




-----Original Message-----
From: Rob Berendt [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2018 12:28 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Current PTF groups and SPECTRE/MELTDOWN

Well, maybe memory?
But probably the maintenance is the biggest thing.


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