RE: DASD

[jpcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

>>The controllers on the DASD are more intelligent and talk to the OS to
report errors before they die completely...Does a PC DISK do that.  Also
compare IBM's DASD 8.5G 10K rpm Ultra Fast Wide SCSI to the same PC DISK.
There is not that much difference.  By the way, IBM's can transfer data at
160MB / second.  Can the PCs do that?
Christopher K. Bipes    mailto:ChrisB@Cross-Check.com    >>>


Good point.
One of our AS/400's at a plant operating in an "Lights out"  mode,   Called
us and IBM up in the middle of the night saying "My DASD doesn't feel good,
Send someone to check please"    No one in the plant even knew anything was
wrong(machine just kept on running)  until an IBM rep showed up the next
morning.

On the other hand,    My PC at work (and 4 more within the couple of weeks
- name brand Compac not 3rd party junk)   had it's disk drive go "Casters
up"  so to speak.   Ya,  lost everything on my hard drive.   Total reload.

I coined a term  I call   "The high cost of cheap systems"

John Carr

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