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Message Posted: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 @ 18:55:57 GMT
| Subj: | | Re: Raid 1 v Raid 5 |
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| From: | | Neil Raden |
Absolutely true. NCR and EMC disk prices are only remotely related to disk drive prices. I'm not being sarcastic, I'm stating a
fact when I say that high-end storage system vendors have distanced themselves from diskdrives to create a higher perceived value for
their product. They are selling storage solutions, including tons of software as well as the smart "hotels" that house the drives.
It's partly a marketing ploy to keep the price of their engineered products from collapsing like JBOD's do, but there is an element
of reality to it. Keep in mind, there is a lot of flexibility in the negotiated prices, too.
Besides, what's the real value of a few CD's of software? Same idea.
-NR
Neil Raden
Archer Decision Sciences, Inc.
Santa Barbara, CA
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