Okay, is there an option to buy an HP drive without the service to keep me up? What if I'm okay if the drive fails, and can live with UPS speeds for a replacement?
Backups are good, m'kay? I see no option from HP for this. I wish they would. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Steven Peck [mailto:[email protected]] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:10:07 -0800 Subject: Re: HP drive sleds > 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/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
