In article <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] (Mathias Myka)
says:
 
>I don't see any reason why one should not use third-party SCSI disks
>on the HP 3000. SCSI is standardized well enough to ensure reliable
>operation, and Quantum, DEC and Seagate disks should match HP disks
>in terms of quality.
 
The biggest reason is that the non-HP drive is not on your support
contract, so HP tech support will not touch any problems that may
be possibly caused by or related to that drive. This is OK if your machine
is not mission-critical, but if the system *is* critical, getting a non-HP
mechanism won't look like such a good idea when you get a System
Abort and HP asks you to describe what kind of disks you have on the
machine.