Hi All,

Just a little tale of woe that may be of interest to those of
you running SL on Sun kit.

About 18mths ago we bought a couple of X4150s each with a J4400
storage array attached. Only populated 12 of the 24 drive bays
in each of the J4400s at the time of purchase.

Time passes, grants come in, storage needs grow ....

Approach Oracle reseller to get quote about getting additional drives,
only to discover that not only did Oracle EOL the J4400 in Dec 2010,
they also EOLed accessories so it is no longer possible to get the
drives. EOLing the array itself is fair enough, but the drives too,
what a way to treat customers that have invested in their products!
Apparently this is the case with quite a lot of "older" Sun hardware
not just the J4400.

cheers,
Ronnie
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