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The October 27 issue of Midrange Systems has an interesting
front-page article entitled "Mirroring, RAID expected to
compete as high availability solutions".  Significant points
include:

In its (Sept.1) announcement, IBM states "IBM expects to be the
first in the industry to ship in volume a RAID-5 storage subsystem
for the AS/400.".... George Mele, marketing director at IPL, adds
"IBM has approached the RAID market differently.  It has traded the
complex approach and put a product out there.  The way technology
works, it should be like that.  IBM has made a good decision." ...

Despite its enthusiasm to deliver the first RAID-5 product to the
market, IBM maintains the preferred solution for high availability
and fast access remains mirroring.  "The AS/400 market is accepting
of mirroring," notes Ryan (of EMC)....

From a technology perspective, mirroring is viewed as the optimal,
although expensive, solution.

Michael.Willett@OFFICE.Wang.com