[geeks] IBM pSeries disk brackets

[Lionel Peterson]

> From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
> Date: 2004/08/30 Mon PM 01:39:34 GMT
> To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: [geeks] IBM pSeries disk brackets
> 
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2004 at 03:25:50AM -0500, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> > The p615 was just -introduced- a year ago.  You're not going to find
> > those brackets from anyone other than IBM.  For that matter, the
> > machine's probably still under maintenance; why are you not adding IBM
> > drives?
> 
> He's in .nz - HUGE INSANE PRICE MARKUP!

Well, they saw their way to justify the HUGE INSANE PRICE MARKUP on the initial server, didn't they???

What about drive bracket reuse? Swaping out the current drives for larger ones, reusing the existing brackets? Just a thought, but I'm sure you considered that already...