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I know a lot of people think the older Network Appliance equipment is great, I do too, however with the current thinking at NetApp, you better be careful, it is getting increasingly more difficult to get parts and service for those older systems. I also see people, feeling forced to upgrade, unloading their older systems for a good price.

So I offer you this advice, pick up a spare head unit. The prices are reasonable right now on the older equipment, you can pick up a system that matches your current system and be able to use parts or the whole unit if you ever have a major problem. Zerowait Special

NetApp may think the old systems are no good anymore, but we think they are great! The price is right, so buy two, you never know when you will need to grow!

Don’t forget to send me your concerns and comments about filers and storage equipment!

Ok, now for some info! I’m sure by now most of you have heard that there is a new version of ONTAP, version 7.0. With this new version, NetApp is pushing your 700 series into the history books. It seems that the folks at NetApp think that we have all out grown our 700 series filers and now need to spend lots of hard earned dollars on new equipment from them. Or is it that the old 700 series has made us so much money that we don’t know how to spend it all and now they are helping us with that too. Well either way, I don’t think most of us would agree.

For many of us the “old” 700 series filers are perfect for the job we are asking them to do. We don’t need new feature sets and we certainly don’t need to spend the high dollar amounts to upgrade.

There are alternative solutions out there. For example, Zerowait can and will continue to support your older filers, as well as newer ones, and they will probably do it for less than NetApp ever did. The Older filers were great when they first came out and are often perfect for your needs still today, so why scrap them? Keep them going and maybe even add more. As long as they do the job there is no need to spend big bucks on newer filers that will be out dated when Net App gets ready to sell you the 10,000 series, complete with onboard decaf coffee brewer.

If, however, you find that you do need that new feature set, there is probably one out there with a transferable license just waiting to find you. Do I need to mention that Zerowait can help with that too?

Welcome to the Zerowait Blog, I am Captain Rick and I will be running this blog for Zerowait and our customers and readers. I have been working with the folks at Zerowait for many years and I can assure you that the focus of Zerowait has always been on providing their customers with the most value for the high availability investments that you make.

With this in mind, the focus and goal of this blog is to keep you, our readers, and your networks running more efficiently and at a lower cost. We will do this through information about changes in the Network Appliance world, hints and tips about bugs and patches, and ideas about ongoing support for your legacy and current network equipment.

Please use the convenient link to the right to email me your questions or comments. These emails will allow me make this site more helpful to all of you!