Re: Archive Update 4/27

[jemorti@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Jack Mortimer - K31)]

In article <1rpnmr$u3@wraith.cs.uow.edu.au>, david@wraith.cs.uow.edu.au (David E A Wilson) writes:
|> jemorti@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Jack Mortimer - K31) writes:
|> >Something I have not read on this topic but I think needs to be addressed
|> >before the cash starts flowing. Who pays for repairs when the drive breaks?
|> >Will the host site fix our drive as part of its regular maintenance? Will
|> >we pass the hat again?
|> 
|> I would hope that we could get a drive with a decent warranty (2-5 years
|> would be nice). Has a particular brand of drive been chosen yet and what
|> warranty does the manufacturer or distributor provide?

David,
	What I am concerned about is who will be responsible for what ever
maintenance will be required. Even if we get a 100 year warrantee, someone
must physically remove a broken unit and get it to the place where it will 
be repaired or replaced. Who will do that is not now defined, as far as I 
have read. Better to get this agreement up front than to argue over it while
a drive sits in the rack, broken and useless.
Jack Mortimer
jemorti@relay.nswc.navy.mil