Tim wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Ian Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Will Murnane wrote: > > If the prices on disks were lower on these, they would be > interesting > > for low-end businesses or even high-end home users. The chassis is > > within reach of reasonable, but the disk prices look ludicrously > high > > from where I sit. An empty one only costs $3k, sure, but fill > it with > > twelve disks and it's up to $20k. Are there some extra electronics > > required for larger disks that help explain this steep slope of > cost? > > I can't think of any reasons off the top of my head (other than the > > understandable profit motive). > > > > > I guess most large customers only compare storage costs against other > storage vendors. Most shops I've worked with only buy fully populated > shelves and none of them pay list! > > 20k list gets you into a decked out storevault with FCP/iSCSI/NFS... > For being "just a jbod" this thing is ridiculously overpriced, sorry. > > I'm normally the first one to defend Sun when it come to decisions > made due to an enterprise customer base, but this will not be one of > those situations.
OK, one client of mine has just installed an IBM DS3200 shelf. Pop over to IBM's site (http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/disk/ds3000/ds3200/browse.html) and compare prices with a J4200. For starters, the IBM sourced 1TB drives are $249 more... Ian _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
