Author Archives: steven

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him – David Brinkley Over the last week we sold several NetApp F840’s and F820’s. Some of these have had transferable licenses. … Continue reading →

I have long said that there are more leaks in Washington than in Anheuser- Busch’s biggest men’s room – Barry Goldwater Jon Toigo is working on fixing the security leaks in commercial software. I think he is on to something … Continue reading →

We want our customers to say that is a hell of a product, not that is a hell of an ad – Leo Burnett Our Zerowait High Availability Exception Reporter is starting to get some very good press. Our friend … Continue reading →

The Imelda Factor in Storage – Spending money like Imelda Marcos in a shoe store. Let me paint a picture for you – Imagine spending several hundred thousand dollars for a NetApp 3050 Cluster with ATA drives that is only … Continue reading →

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is ” The computer is down” – Norman Augustine A NetApp hardware support customer called us earlier this week from a well known laboratory. They love their NetApp filer and are … Continue reading →

“A telescope will magnify a star a thousand times, but a good press agent can do even better.” Fred Allen Often we find articles in the trade press that seem to be simple rewrites of the press releases that are … Continue reading →

“All vendor demos are boring. It’s the law, I think “ Scott Adams That certainly is the truth, some of the powerpoint presentations I have listened too were worse then getting my wisdom teeth out. Why is it that sales … Continue reading →

Let’s clear up some misconceptions about NetApp storage. You may have heard that there is no such thing as transferable licenses, third party support or reliable SRM tools for NetApp’s products. But that is not true. Transferable licenses – NetApp … Continue reading →

When did SATA become full duplex? I am often asked to comment on the performance of SATA drives as compared to FC in NetApp gear. Although I can’t seem to find any reliable perfromance figures comparing the two in a … Continue reading →

You have to think anyway, so why not think big? – Donald Trump Over the last few years Zerowait has built up quite a reputation as the best provider of NetApp third party support. Large companies like HP, EDS, CSC, … Continue reading →