Forrest,

Besides the other possibilities people have mentioned, there is the HP
Nike Disc Array. For example we have the model HP A3550 Model 20 array
which has 20 disc slots that can support 2, 4, or 9 GB drives. Will run
RAID 1 and RAID 5 on an HP3000. We've had one now for about 5 months, no
problems.

John Zoltak
North American Mfg Co

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Forrest Smith [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 1:39 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      [HP3000-L] 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.