The question was is it really a disk or an array. The only array you
*cannot* buy from IBM in 200GB is ESS. All others (SCSI (internal/drawer),
SSA(int./dr.), FAStT 200, FAStT 500, even good old 7135 RAIDiant) vary too
much in price. And same capacity with different size disks is having
different price.
Which one to choose as price base?

Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant

P.S. IBM is dominating heavily on local Bulgarian large-scale projects
market so I am forced to know their products very close.

Zlatko




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And btw. what is the price of an IBM 200GB disk ?? AFAIK they even do not
offer 180 GB as Seagate does and larger SCSI one is 73 GB.

Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant
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I was using multiple 36 or 72 GB SCSI or SSA disks to reach 200 GB total
storage before raid.