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Monthly Archives: April 2006
” We simply can’t afford NetApp pricing and have moved in a different direction” This is what a former NetApp customer told me as they were trying to sell us their old NetApp system which they loved. And since his … Continue reading
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Customer comments On Monday, we had a customer call us up because they were having a NetApp problem in their New York City Data Center. They wanted us to take care of their problem for them because they are physically … Continue reading
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It is always interesting to see who hits the Zerowait websites and Blog. Lately NetApp ( nat-198.95.226.224..netapp.com ) has been stopping by a lot, and so has their attorneys Bowman and Brooke. (12.162.212.128) . The folks at Hitachi stop by … Continue reading
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Zerowait and many of our customers will be at the summit. At Zerowait we use load balancing and mirroring to protect ourselves from data loss. Although, we also use our Spectra Logic library for a weekly backup. You can’t be … Continue reading
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Finally — An answer of sorts from NetApp on the BCS & ZCS issue These answers below give a great perspective on the switch back to 512 sectors, from 520 sectors. And it is worth reading all the way through. … Continue reading
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The ZCS(512) & BCS(520) Saga continues Jon Toigo asked me to respond to a post on his blog . Hi Jon: I find PQ65’s comments very interesting, but I don’t understand the reasoning behind his comments. If BCS (520) is … Continue reading
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Yesterday, we received a call from a customer complaining about how unreliable the Maxtor drives were in his R150. We had a long discussion about the reliability problems of the drives and he could not understand why NetApp uses unreliable … Continue reading
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Do Seagate drives sold by NetApp have some mystical powers? Not according to Hitachi! I have been confused for years about the benefits of 512 (ZCS)Sector drives as compared to 520 (BCS) sector drives. And as one of our clients … Continue reading
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Does NetApp charge so much for its software because customers have incomplete information to make an informed decision? According to an article in the Economist April 15, 2006 edition on page 78 – Physicians and Lawyers wives have much fewer … Continue reading
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History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. B.R. Ambedkar Why does NetApp tax their users more to manage 24TB of data on an R200 than 12TB of data?In short NetApp charges more … Continue reading
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