I agree wholeheartedly....you're paying to make the problem "go away" in an expedient manner. That said, I see how much we spend on NetApp storage at work and it makes me shudder ;)
I think someone was wondering if the large storage vendors have their own microcode on drives? I can tell you that NetApp do...and that's one way they "lock you in" (if the drive doesn't report NetApp firmware, the filer will "reject" the drive) and also how they do tricks like soft-failure/re-validation, 520-byte sectors, etc. -marc On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Bob Friesenhahn < bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote: > On Tue, 2 Feb 2010, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > >> >> Now, I'm sure not ALL drives offered at Newegg could qualify; but the >> question is, how much do I give up by buying an enterprise-grade drive >> from a major manufacturer, compared to the Sun-certified drive? >> > > If you have a Sun service contract, you give up quite a lot. If a Sun > drive fails every other day, then Sun will replace that Sun drive every > other day, even if the system warranty has expired. But if it is a non-Sun > drive, then you have to deal with a disinterested drive manufacturer, which > could take weeks or months. > > My experiences thus far is that if you pay for a Sun service contract, then > you should definitely pay extra for Sun branded parts. > > Hopefully Oracle will do better than Sun at explaining the benefits and > services provided by a service contract. > > Bob > -- > Bob Friesenhahn > bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ > GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >
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