You pay for the testing yes, but you also pay for the ability to call HP and have them overnight you a drive when yours showed up on the pre-failure warning shows up in SIM.
You are not paying for a drive so much. You are also paying for the service to keep you up, or get you back up quickly. Steven On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Matthew W. Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm with you, and I agree that the cost of "Server Grade" hard drives from > the likes of HP, Dell, and others is outrageous. > > Now, HP does test their drives, and even a single fault of fairly > insignificant measure (i.e. one the drive itself can correct) will not pass > their tests before they deliver a drive to you. That way they can feel > confident that the drive is "server quality". That's great and all, but it > still shouldn't be 5-10 times the cost of the same hard drive, shrink wrapped > from Western Digital. > > That being said, I'd be happy to pay double the cost if it was well tested > and guaranteed by HP. > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Phillip Partipilo > [mailto:[email protected]] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 > 10:50:53 -0800 > Subject: HP drive sleds > > >> Whoa this is insane. On the phone, err, handed off the call to somebody >> else here to further speak with a supervisor, we just took delivery of a HP >> DL185, and there are just placeholders for the hard disks in the cage. No >> empty cages provided. They claim there is no way to get an empty cage >> without a drive. WTF. They want $100 for a 160 gig drive when I can get >> 2tb Hitachis for $140. This is bull. We're ready to box this up and ship >> it right back. Every Supermicro we've bought have come loaded with empty >> sleds, and every one of those servers are still running. I know HP is a >> solid server and that's why we made this purchase, but this is grinding my >> gears. >> >> >> Phillip Partipilo >> Parametric Solutions Inc. >> Jupiter, Florida >> (561) 747-6107 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL >> AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS >> INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. ANY OTHER INTERCEPTION, >> COPYING, ACCESSING, OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MESSAGE IS PROHIBITED. >> IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY >> NOTIFY THE SENDER AND DELETE THIS MAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS. DO NOT >> FORWARD THIS MESSAGE WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE SENDER. >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
