[Info-vax] rx2620 power supplies / VRM voltage low

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2016-02-10 19:09:09 +0000, Carl Friedberg said:

> HP service is reasonably priced. I believe we pay under $1,000/year for 
> Next Business Day hardware support for an RX2600 (not 2620) on a 3-year 
> prepaid contract. There was about a $1,300 charge for return to 
> maintenance (no inspection).

So ~US$4300, for three years?   For comparison purposes and if you have 
your own staff, that's a spare server off of eBay up front, plus a new 
spare server each year, plus more than a little cash left over for 
license transfers and lattés— if it comes to that.    Now hauling 
somebody with the necessary skills out to the site to swap parts isn't 
cheap, but I'd wager that HPE is betting that those boxes won't fail 
very often.


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