RE: Power 9 Disk Drives

Thx Jim.
A guy I use for various hardware contacted his IBM i vendor for me.

That vendor mentioned that if these particular drives were available in the market
he would not have gone to IBM for a quote on them, he would have directed me
to where he knew I could buy them.

I just didn’t have the time to call around so I figured I would reach out to
My trusted hardware guy and have him do the walking for me.

I guess I’ll call those vendors and see what shakes.
Thank you again, Enjoy the long weekend.


Very Respectfully,
Michael Mayer
IBM i on Power System Admin.
Cell: 518.641.8906
IBM i Reference blog page: http://ibmireference.blogspot.com/
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From: Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2024 9:16 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mayer, Michael <MMayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Power 9 Disk Drives

There are several vendors out there. These are the vendors I have used successfully in the past and recently: (off the top of my head and not endorsing any, nor implying anything by order)
Supreme Systems (chicago)
Midland Systems (orlando)

A simple google search revealed many more.


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Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On Fri, Aug 30, 2024 at 8:07 AM Mayer, Michael via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Good morning everyone. Someone asked me recently if I knew where they
Could purchase Power 9 disk drives on the open market.
Honestly I checked around and really couldn't find any.

You guys are amongst the smartest group of IBM i tech savvy people
around.

Does anyone know where these drives might be available other than
IBM, who quoted the cost new as $625 each.

Model 5B41, IBM p/n 01LU575
Model 5B43, IBM p/n 01LU581

Thank you everyone.

Very Respectfully,
Michael Mayer
IBM i on Power System Admin.
Cell: 518.641.8906
IBM i Reference blog page: http://ibmireference.blogspot.com/
Awarded IBM 2024 Advocate, Contributor, Influencer and IBM i Ready Badges.




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