Hi,
What's the current supported 9GB drive revision that works in the NetApp 630?
Also, can someone confirm if the DEC Storageworks shelf model SWXSS-22 shelf works in a NetApp 630? That's the Storageworks shelf that DEC recommends for their 9GB drives that are actually Seagate ST-19171-W's.
I just can not justify paying NetApp $3000 for a $1200 hard disk or $10,000 for 256MB of DRAM when it should cost no more than $1500.
As far as testing does, I really doubt that NetApp can possibly perform any level of pre-sale burn-in testing to justify more than 400% markup on RAM, more than 200% markup on hard disks, and more than 300% markup on an empty DEC Storageworks shelf.
On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Wayne D. Correia wrote:
As far as testing does, I really doubt that NetApp can possibly perform any level of pre-sale burn-in testing to justify more than 400% markup on RAM, more than 200% markup on hard disks, and more than 300% markup on an empty DEC Storageworks shelf.
The ironic thing is, of the 16 Netapp-supplied drives and the 12 third-party ones we are using, two drives have failed so far (since April): both were Netapp drives. :-/ At least the replacement drives were shipped promptly.
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Brian Tao -
Wayne D. Correia