For now, I don't think there's any official support from HP for SSA,
although they're supposedly checking it out.  OTOH, EMC Symmetrix arrays
are certified by HP for the HP 3000 and HP 9000 environments.  For this
reason, we're staying with EMC.

Lee Gunter          [log in to unmask]




From: Forrest Smith <[log in to unmask]> on 10/20/98 10:39 AM

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Subject:  EMC vs IBM disk solution




Hey there fellow listers,

I hope someone can help me with this.  I am looking for a fault tolorant
disk array.  I am in a deal with EMC now but the mother company is mostly
IBM, so of course I get to see their solution as well.  It looks OK on
paper and really the only reason I bring it up is because IBM's solution is
almost half the price.  They have just given the presentation on their SSA
disk solution and now I'm confused.  Does anyone know if HP will support a
machine with SSA IBM disk on it? Or what the ramifications of this is.  I
want EMC but 200k is 200k.  I need you listers to help me justify that.

Forrest.