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To: Tony Viola who wrote (49286)	7/28/2001 9:38:11 PM
From: pgerassi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Dear Tony: I guess you forgot to go down the page of the specifications: www5.compaq.com . About 45% down it starts listing external storage enclosures for tape drives, storage, tape libraries, UPS, etc. I quote from a line about 75% of the way down: "Maximum Storage Capacity – (StorageWorks Enclosure) Internal 218.4 GB (4 x 36.4 GB + 2 x 36.4 GB hard drives) External 3.567 TB (14 x 36.4 GB) x 7 Total 3.785 TB ". It seems that this ProLiant ML350 (optimized for maximum internal storage) allows up to 7 external enclosures for storage alone. That does not count those enclosures for tape libraries. It is listed as options to the server even on this quick specs page. Evidently, someone must want them and they are not atypical given the number of them and the wide range of external vendors. Evidently Compaq gets the revenue and then pays these vendors at wholesale prices. Or do you still think they sell them at cost? Did you check the configuration options for GS320 Alphaservers. This is the level that Itaniums are supposed to compete at. Now, check what Compaq is going to offer as printing options for their non stop Himalaya server line (Itanium): nonstop.compaq.com . All of a sudden we hear quiet from a supposed server dude. Notice that these printers are called the Himalaya Family of Line Printers. They are reached by looking at the Himalaya products page and the link is located under the heading of Servers (it includes tapes drives, storage (disk), and networking as well as the aforementioned printing products). Evidently Compaq's enterprise division does not agree with you. This was true of DEC too, one of the reasons Compaq bought them was for their enterprise line. IBM is not any different, nor is HP, or Sun. Whoops, got nailed off your own link. Think again ignorant one. Pete