Re[2]: Pure Storage

Usually i would not interfere in any discussions, but at this topic, there
wording might be the point to look at:
„supported by the vendor“ is not equal to „supported by IBM“. If a
solution (whatever) works in a certain combination, this is ok, but if
there is a problem and you are not on a path which IBM supports,
you start to struggle with two vendors - and we know from the Wintel
world how bad this can end.

„Supported by the Vendor“ means: it works, anyhow. And from a technical
point, even a USB drive connected to FreeNAS connected to VIOS
connected to IBM i does work, and maybe is supported by the Vendor
(here: IXsystems). But it is certainly not supported by IBM, despite
of any performance constraints.

So - you can go with „Supported by Vendor“ with any solution. It even
may be faster and cheaper than any IBM-only solution. But you must
be clear to be on your own in any case of trouble, or at least
you must accept two vendors pointing each other on the
opponent site in case of problems.

-h



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Von: "Tsvetan Marinov" <tsetso.marinov@xxxxxxxxx>
An: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Evan Harris" <auctionitis@xxxxxxxxx>
Gesendet: 16.07.2021 15:12:52
Betreff: Re: Pure Storage

Larry, you are absolutely not correct that PureStorage is not supported by IBM i. It’s well supported, link below.

I’ve noticed that you always reply as the ultimate authority all “IBM i” in this mail list. I’ve been to some of your sessions and I highly respect your technical understanding and experience, but you not ultimate authority “IBM i”. For example with Pure Storage, you haven’t done a simple Google search to check if supported by the vendor.