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From: "Richards, Robert B." <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: IBM 9393 RVAs "Obsolete" for Sure
Jim's question was simple. Other than IBM and SUN/STK, who services RVAs
these days?
Twenty-five years ago, I worked for Sorbus and they were the largest 3rd
party maintenance provider of IBM equipment. They were bought and renamed
by Bell Atlantic into, I think, Bell Atlantic Business Systems. At this
point, I lost track of them. I think other competitors at the time were
TRW, but my memory may be shoddy on this.
The other point of his email was to be informative about Friday's
discontinuance date.
Bob
FYI,
I used Bell Atlantic service from 1995-1997 for some old 3380-D's we had at
the time. They were OK for run of the mill stuff like HDA replacement, but
control unit issues were beyond them. I've also used Sun/STK service from
1994 to the present, and I've always found them to be excellent, just as
good as the IBM FE's, and in some cases better.
I also disagree in the extreme with those who think the 9393 is not a viable
DASD. What it lacks in speed you more than make up for in the space savings
delivered by the virtual architecture. If you're not having DASD
performance issues, than the RVA is a great device. I've always been a big
fan of virtual architecture, and it's now making a comeback of sorts with
space efficient FlashCopy. I'd ride that RVA until it drops.
Regards,
Tom Conley
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