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Post #206,084 by broomberg 5/5/05 11:18:52 AM Reply	Here's what I did. I had them both pitch me SATA (IBM) and IDE (EMC) system. I then realized how piss-poor the IDE would run, so I had EMC pitch me the same size in FC drives, but told them I had very little leeway now that I told my boss how much I expected to spend, based on the IDE configuration. Got an incredible price. I then told IBM that EMC's FC price was way lower then their SATA price, and much better performing to boot. Which in turn drove that price much lower. Which I then pointed out to EMC - and so on. Note: I NEVER told the other a real price - that would be breaking the agreement with the vendor. I simply said the other more more attractive.
Post #206,098 by mmoffitt 5/5/05 1:04:28 PM Reply	What'd you end up with? bcnu, Mikem Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer. God Bless America.
Post #206,120 by folkert 5/5/05 3:25:15 PM Reply	I think an EMC Clairion. -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* [image\|http://www.danasoft.com/vipersig.jpg\|\|\|\|]
Post #206,124 by broomberg 5/5/05 3:39:22 PM Reply	2 of these [link\|http://www.emc.com/products/systems/clariion_cx700.jsp\|http://www.emc.com/p...lariion_cx700.jsp]

SAN Recommendations? - (mmoffitt) - (25) - May 4, 2005, 02:10:48 PM EDT

what kind of boxen will you be hooking up? - (boxley) - (4) - May 4, 2005, 02:29:17 PM EDT

That's a changin'. - (mmoffitt) - (3) - May 4, 2005, 02:37:33 PM EDT

well ibm stuff works best with ibm stuff in my opinion - (boxley) - (2) - May 4, 2005, 02:49:59 PM EDT

That's what I was thinking too. Thanks. -NT - (mmoffitt) - May 4, 2005, 03:08:00 PM EDT

I argue both sides of this. - (folkert) - May 4, 2005, 06:14:07 PM EDT

Naive question - Would NAS be sufficient? - (Another Scott) - (6) - May 4, 2005, 03:01:07 PM EDT

Not for our application. - (mmoffitt) - (5) - May 4, 2005, 03:16:16 PM EDT

What's the difference between SAN and NAS? -NT - (jbrabeck) - (4) - May 4, 2005, 03:30:46 PM EDT

dyslexia? -NT - (SpiceWare) - May 4, 2005, 03:35:59 PM EDT

Short answer: Lots of money. - (pwhysall) - (2) - May 4, 2005, 03:37:51 PM EDT

s/FDDI/Fibre Channel/ -NT - (broomberg) - May 4, 2005, 07:30:32 PM EDT

Thank you - (jbrabeck) - May 4, 2005, 08:16:37 PM EDT

That the Shark 2? Or What ever they call it now? - (folkert) - (12) - May 4, 2005, 06:06:10 PM EDT

Ya know, with all that ranting - - (broomberg) - (4) - May 4, 2005, 07:36:38 PM EDT

You know me... - (folkert) - May 4, 2005, 10:49:58 PM EDT

Stab at answers. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - May 5, 2005, 10:28:37 AM EDT

Have you been pitched a configuration with a price yet? - (broomberg) - May 5, 2005, 10:58:55 AM EDT

x445? - (broomberg) - May 5, 2005, 11:05:01 AM EDT

How do fail rates between SATA and SCSI compare? -NT - (mmoffitt) - (6) - May 5, 2005, 10:03:06 AM EDT

Too soon - (broomberg) - (5) - May 5, 2005, 11:01:19 AM EDT

Yes, Typo, sorry. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (4) - May 5, 2005, 11:12:53 AM EDT

Here's what I did. - (broomberg) - (3) - May 5, 2005, 11:18:52 AM EDT

What'd you end up with? -NT - (mmoffitt) - (2) - May 5, 2005, 01:04:28 PM EDT

I think an EMC Clairion. -NT - (folkert) - May 5, 2005, 03:25:15 PM EDT

2 of these - (broomberg) - May 5, 2005, 03:39:22 PM EDT

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