[TriLUG] Unix freaks, check out this hardware vendor

[Jeremy Portzer]

On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 11:45, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 10:54, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
> > "Vestal, Roy L." wrote:
> > > 
> > > I just got 2 36GB Sun drives for
> > > under $1000.00 each.
> > 
> > i'm sorry, why is this a deal?  is there something special
> > about sun drives that makes then an order of magnitude
> > more expensive>
> 
> They have Sun written on them, duh. ;)
> 
> Seriously. If you bought two 36GB SCSI drives for $1000, I suspect that
> you paid too much, and I have a bridge to sell you for cheap.

The sun store (http://store.sun.com) lists the "36-GB 10000 RPM
UltraSCSI Disk Drive" for $1300.   (The one I selected is compatible
with the E450; I just sort of chose that at random.)  So I suppose $1000
isn't out-of-line given that list price.

However, an IBM Ultrastar drive from buy.com, also at 36 GB at 10,000
rpm, ultra 320, is just $253 :
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10333067&hdwt=30401&loc=101
And the 15,000 rpm version of that is only $360.  I'm sure there are
cheaper places too.

So, is the Sun brand name worth $750 for a hard drive?

--Jeremy