Re: Explain the difference in PC vs AS/400 disk... $$$$$$

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 11:10 AM 8/22/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Chuck Lewis wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Folks,
>> 
>> I'm looking for a way to provide a non-technical person (at a VERY high
>> level in the company) a "bullet" list (i.e. not a bunch of technical
>> detail, etc.) as to why PC disks are so much cheaper than AS/400 disks.
>> 
>> This is getting harder and harder to do especially when you watch 6606's
>> being replaced and they put a "regular" looking drive in the
>> enclosure... :-)
>> 
>
>Here's a story...
>
>A customer of mine purchased from a broker 2 internal units for her
>9404.
>they came in the "shoebox" and were installed. Later review of errorlogs
>and talking to the customer performance was terrible. Errorlogs were
>full
>different types of interface/timeout errors.
>
>When we opened the box up we found the brackets        had been re-drilled and
>"PC" drives had been installed. After some phone calls etc that broker
>provided drives for a 400. We installed these and no more errors and
>performance was no longer an issue.
>
There are several cases of counterfeiting of AS/400 parts by bad brokers.
I can't mention the name of the broker highly suspected, because they sue
everyone that mentions their name in vaine.  One of the most highly
counterfeited parts were double 9404 DASD packs.

Al



Al Barsa, Jr. - Account for Midrange-L
Barsa Consulting, LLC.  
400 > 390

Phone:  914-251-9400
Fax:    914-251-9406





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