"Shaun T. Erickson" wrote:
sirbruce@ix.netcom.com wrote:
On 08/30/99 23:49:43 you wrote:
However, the price of RAM from NetApp was 3-5x the price (I forget exactly how much) of the approved Kingston SIMM. So, we just purchased 16 SIMMs from our Kingston supplier, saving significant amounts of cash, and we kept the 4 excess SIMMS in our `hot spare' store. It works like a charm.
A cautionary note - much of the supposedly "in-spec" memory Kingston or other vendors sell is not capable of handling the strict timing and loading requirements of a Netapp filer. The reason the SIMMs you get from Netapp cost more is because they are tested for proper tolerance and inoperability. If you decide to use another source, you should be prepared for the chance of crashes or spontaneous reboots and be prepared to go through several cycles of swapping various SIMMs in various combinations to figure out the problem.
Then NetApp shouldn't certify them. If I buy memory NetApp approved memory from Kingston (and I have), I expect it to perform as well as NetApp supplied memory. I don't expect NetApp to recommend sub-standard memory for me to buy.
Hmm - Anyone ever remember buying single and double density floppy disks? The doubles usually cost a whole lot more (almost double when they first came out) The only difference was in the testing. They all came out of the same production run - some passed the dd tolerance test - some didn't - the ones that didn't became single density. All from the same manufacture.
The same is true for memory, disk, and just about anything else that is mass produced. (Kinda like airplane seats - get the most $ that you can - sell the cheap stuff to whoever will buy)
dp
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