It depends on what type you are going with for EMC.  We went with some EMC
storage, in our open systems environment, but I have not heard much good
about it.  We have gone with IBM on the mainframe, and really like it.  I
am primarily on the mainframe so don't know exactly what was not liked
about the EMC other then the support was bad when we had problems.



John Benik




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My organization currently has three IBM ESS's in place with about 37TB
of disk total.  For storage and midrange servers, we are almost
exclusively an IBM shop.  We are evaluating purchasing a large amount of
EMC storage, and from everything I can tell, and the customer references
we have talked to, they really seem to have their act together.

I know there are numerous people on this forum using EMC storage, and
I'd appreciate it if a few of you wouldn't mind giving me your opinion
of their products and customer service.  Anyone having experience with
both vendors would really be helpful.

Thank you!



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