Re: EMC DASD (wasCISC to RISC conversion of data)

[Dave Mahadevan <mahadevan@xxxxxxxx>]

Neil:

Neil Palmer wrote:

> So, IMHO, the reason 3rd party disk is cheaper, is because IT'S NO BLOODY GOOD
> !!!!

I hate to disagree with this statement.  But the truth is EMC DASD is as good
as.  They have grabbed a huge market share and growing by leaps and bounds.  The
customers are all not that stupid, right?  I have used their DASD without
trouble.  OTOH, 3 of my 9332-600 failed.   Everybody of course knows the
fantastic unreliability of 9335.   Blanket statements like this only cause
misunderstanding.  I believe all DASD manufacturers try their best.   I do
believe that mirroring now is the best choice considering the price of DASD in
general to avoid disk crashes (been there done that).

--
Thank You.

Regards

Dave Mahadevan.. mailto:mahadevan@fuse.net


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