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To: Dan3 who wrote (140885)	8/5/2001 6:38:09 PM
From: Paul Engel	Respond to of 186894

Blow Boy Dan - Re: "That's a less than 1% rate of serious problems " That's a 100% downtime for those 1% users. How happy do you think they are?

To: Dan3 who wrote (140885)	8/5/2001 7:56:58 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

That's a less than 1% rate of serious problems - and on a brand new platform. The author quotes a 5% problem. In any event, the issue may not be as serious as we had initially thought, but nevertheless, we think a 5% problem rate on a $500 server board is a little unacceptable. Also, having to cherry pick/swap out one power supply, or motherboard after another to make it work, even for 5% of them, indicates to me that the product is in the design verification phase, not production. Finally, the combination of AMD, Tyan Thunder K7, and NMB power supplies just doesn't ring out as "reliable server" to me. IMO, they will not sell to the Fortune 500 companies.