I've seen a couple people mention the DS6800 so I thought I'd throw my experience in with it. When we replaced out MP3000 (2 drawer file cabinet) with the z9-BC (comparatively huge), we also replaced an ancient RVA (30 square feet of floor space) with a DS6800 solution (7U in an existing rack). Not only did we gain the floor space back, but when I hit the "power-off" on the RVA, I gained 5% of my UPS capacity back!
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 10:23 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: A Letter To The FLEX-ES Community Duane Reaugh wrote: > The FLEX system, the MP3000 and the P390 (I got at least one of each) > all have internal disk subsystem. The z800, z890-BC has no internal > disk so I have to buy an ESS or something similar. The MP3000 is > barely office equipment (we have it in the parking bay), but z890 and > ESS are hardly rack mountable. If the price does not stop you, the > environmental's will. > I suggest you consider the DS6000 over ESS. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html