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From: romeo@lindy.Stanford.EDU (Patrick Goebel)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans,su.computers
Subject: Third party disks/RAM for SPARCstations?
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Date: 2 Feb 90 19:52:22 GMT
Sender: romeo@lindy.Stanford.EDU (Patrick Goebel)
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	Sorry if this topic has been kicked to death in earlier
discussions but I'd really like to solicit anecdotes or
recommendations concerning buying third party RAM and hard disks for
Sun's SPARC workstations and servers.

	For example, it has been pointed out to us that by buying RAM
chips from Allegiance Group Inc. and a Fujitsu 2-Gigabyte SMD hard
disk and controller from Fast Access, we can save close to $30,000 on
a SPARCserver 370 with equivalent Sun equipment.

	This kind of savings seems almost unbelievable, so I imagine
there must be a catch.  First thing that comes to mind is, what kind
of reliability and maintenance service can one expect on these third
party systems?  Also, what kinds of conflicts should one expect
between Sun and the third party vendors when it comes to service?

	Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

--patrick goebel: romeo@lindy.stanford.edu