I knew one advantage if you deal with Quantum directly that their support is
very good compare to Dell, but you are talking about very big discount which
worth another 3 years free warranty support.
On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 6:51 PM, Manel Rodero <manel AT fib.upc DOT edu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Finally, after some months of investigation we have to decide between these
> two libraries:
>
> - Quantum Scalar i500
> - Dell PowerVault ML6000
>
> The Quantum is the original one and the Dell is the OEMized one. Supposedly
> the differences between them are basically firmware releases and some kind
> of intelligency (iLayer) in the Quantum one.
>
> The price for a complete i500 in a 5U configuration with 2 LTO4 drives, 6
> I/O slots and 36 slots for tapes is +/- 18000€ after some distributor
> rebates (including 3 years warranty and installation).
>
> The same configuration for Dell ML6000 is +/- 13000€ for their initial
> offer to us ;-)
>
> As we need to buy a new server too (+/- 4000€) we would like to know about
> what's your opinion about the OEM Dell library? It's worth the price?
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
>
> --
>
> Manel Rodero Blánquez
> o o o IT Systems Manager
> o o o Laboratori de Càlcul
> o o o Facultat d'Informàtica de Barcelona
> U P C Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - Barcelona Tech
>
> E-mail : manel AT fib.upc DOT edu
> Tel. : +34 93 401 0847
> Web : http://www.fib.upc.edu/
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