Monthly Archives: January 2006

“I didn’t really say everything I said.” Yogi Berra NetApp is at it again – where do they come up with these claims? They are not validated by their Spec.org tests, as can be seen in this comparison. The FAS3000 … Continue reading

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NetApp has told many of their customers that it will cease support on their NetApp F760’s in the summer. While I was at the storage conference at CES, I spoke about this with many folks. It was suggested that perhaps … Continue reading

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Over the last week I have been visiting many of our NetApp service and support clients on the west coast. I visited 15 clients this week. It seems that everyone is struggling to get more value out of their storage … Continue reading

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Consumer Electronics Show I have to go to Las Vegas tomorrow to visit with a bunch of customers and associates at CES . It is always a fascinating show. After the CES, I will be traveling to Southern California to … Continue reading

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Where do you turn for advice on maintaining your NetApp Storage infrastructure? Many customers read the marketing and press releases provided by their friendly sales folks. But these documents are heavily weighted in favor of the company that produces them. … Continue reading

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Keeping up with the news. Some of our readers have asked us how we keep up with the NetApp news that this Blog focuses on. It is really quite easy using the Google news alerts. We just select the topics … Continue reading

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Commodity parts clarification by NetApp. See business week articleThe “state of the shelf” strategy has to do with how the systems are designed and what components we use. We have never designed a custom semiconductor or ASIC. Most other storage … Continue reading

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