Chris,

Probably the best choice is a Model 10/Model 20 disk array.  They are
readily available on the used market at reasonable prices.

Bill

At 02:41 PM 8/6/99 -0400, Chris Bartram wrote:
>What are my options for a RAID solution for the MPEXL_longname volume set on
>an HP3000? I know it has to be RAID-1:
>
>HP doesn't want to sell EMC arrays anymore, and they tell me that the new
>MC256 array is cheaper anyway(?) The quote I got for an MC256 was about $250k
>and is way overkill as my immediate need is only to replace the ~20Gb of
>discs in the MPEXL_... volume set. (If we choose to move some other apps to
>it, then it'd be more attractive, but it's a waste for just our system discs.
>Also, did anyone else pick up on the fact that the MC256s don't support the
>faster connectivity options to 3000s??? Just FWSCSI, where all the others can
>use fiber... The HP reps -almost- discouraged us from considering it for a
>3000 and were much more interested in getting hooked up to the Sun, NT, and
>mainframe boxes than our 3000s...but I digress).
>
>Anyway, any other possibilities?
>
>   -Chris Bartram
>
>