>I have heard that a CE has to replace at least 1 disk per month on some of >these boxes. (DMX3000 - EMC, DS8000 - IBM, etc....)
That appears to be awfully frequent. >So I guess I am looking at MTTF for the disk. The MTTF/MTBF argument has always been a bit political. Now, it's worse. Ever since RAID, XRF, PLEX, etc., what is the true definition of failure/outage/downtime? IMO, the application has to be off the air. Everything else is noise. - Too busy driving to stop for gas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

