Re: DASD

[Lawrence_Tuttle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

The OS is software.  My question is what makes the hardware of the DASD
worth so much more.  I am
 trying to justify an upgrade to e-series AS/400.  One of the main beefs my
IT manager has is the huge difference in
cost.   It irks him so much that he is considering moving all the DB2 files
to Oracle in spite of the millions of lines of legacy
code we have on the 400.   I need a better answer than it works better.




                                                                                
                                       
                    "Jim Franz"                                                 
                                       
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> Can someone tell my why DASD is so expensive on the AS/400 vs Intel?
>
It works better than any other drives I've seen in any data center. Helps
to
have an OS that works better than any other, to run the drives. I thank
God (and Rochester-IBM) the 400 doesn't run with the reliability of pc
hardware.
imho-jim

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