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SIMPLSTOR Z: Perfect Replacement Or Upgrade For Legacy NetApp Equipment SimplStor Z Storage Base Server with 100TB raw storage, OpenZFS filesystem installed on CentO/S Linux. Can be easily upgraded for capacity and performance. High Availability clustering available. Includes native encryption, deduplication, … Continue reading →

Do you need to reduce your storage acquisition and maintenance costs? Are you tired of the issues with NetApp’s proprietary software and operating system? Times have changed: Linux and OpenZFS are full featured and secure. Additionally, Zerowait will help you … Continue reading →

Storage Upgrades and Migrations: Easy as 1, 2, 3.Zerowait will keep your NetApp running until you decide the time is right for a complete storage upgrade. We offer 24×7 hardware support, expansion shelves and expert NetApp help on-call, even after … Continue reading →

About six years ago I wrote about our efforts as we began the development of our SimplStor ZFS project. Zerowait has been continuously working to build a turnkey fully-supported Linux-based ZFS enterprise storage solution to satisfy our most demanding clients … Continue reading →

    Greetings, Time to upgrade your NetApp? Before blindly upgrading to the next over-priced filer, we have a far better choice. SimplStor Z has everything you love about NetApp, without the things you don’t. Far less expensive and none … Continue reading →

  Greetings, Zerowait has been the affordable choice for 24×7 NetApp support and upgrades for over two decades. During that time ZFS has matured into a formidable challenger to any proprietary storage system. We introduced SimplStor a decade ago to … Continue reading →

  Zerowait  began supporting NetApp “filers” 24×7 twenty-three years ago. Back then NetApp was still a small company, the business potential was not as obvious as it might seem today. Honing our skills year by year, Zerowait became a trusted … Continue reading →

With all the acquisitions, consolidations and layoffs, I often speak to IT staff who are overwhelmed by staffing cuts and inherited responsibilities. The truism has been used for 300 years, “jack of all trades, master of none.” Forced to support … Continue reading →

    Last month I predicted companies would use 2021 to reinvest in neglected on-prem computing resources. The rush to the Cloud last year disappointed many: Losing control of critical digital assets Budget overruns Finger pointing after each security breach … Continue reading →

One thing three decades in IT gives you is perspective. Over that time our industry has swung like a pendulum, into and out of dozens of computing trends. With the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine, I predict the next swing … Continue reading →