SUMMARY: Alphaserver DS20 and RA3000

From: Keith Piepho <kap_at_uakron.edu>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 15:15:54 -0500

Original Question:
>Greetings,
> We are looking at purchasing an Alphaserver DS20 to add to our stable of
>DECompaq machines. We would like to attach a RA3000 (Raid Array) to this
>machine.
>
>One of the resellers whom we had pricing this combo (but only one!)
>indicated that the RA3000 is not yet certified with the DS20. He said that
>the certification process was already underway and implied was little more
>than a formality, because the two were all but certain to eventually be
>certified together, but I take everything I hear from venders with a grain
>of salt.
>
>I was looking for opinions more informed than mine on whether this is a
>problem that should concern me, when (if what I was told is correct) the
>certification process might be completed, and how I might hear about it if
>it is. Also, anyone using these together?
>


Responses from:
        John Speno
        Torben Leifsen

John pointed out that the RA3000 is listed in the SOG for the DS20. Torben
said that he had just purchased a couple DS20s with RA3000's, and Compaq
hadn't said anything to him.

End Result: I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.

Oh, and I also got a response from a reseller named Benjamin who was
willing to give me a bid on the system.
 
        -- - keith
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Received on Wed Mar 24 1999 - 20:19:16 NZST

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