jdr@sloth.mlb.semi.harris.com (Jim Ray) (03/21/91)
We intend to put some 3'rd party discs on our IBM RS 6000's ( model 540 ). Unfortunately, the IBM sales people have ( apparently ) decended on our management with aguments ranging from " 3'rd party discs aren't supported" to " you can't do proper disc diagnostics that are supplied on the RIOS if you use 3'rd party drives". To me, it sounds like the old "you can only buy from us" argument. So, my questions are: 1) Is it true that there are diagnostics which you can only run on IBM supplied scsi drives on the RIOS box's. 2) Is it true that you can not do disc striping with 3'rd party drives? We are new in the IBM RIOS arena but have lots of DEC's and SUN's and am familiar with this argument ( although I have to admit its been quite a while since i've heard it ). ANY comments would be useful. Thanks, -- Jim Ray Harris Semiconductor Internet: jdr@semi.harris.com PO Box 883 MS 62B-022 Phone: (407) 729-5059 Melbourne, FL 32901