{"id":745,"date":"2011-05-16T15:29:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-16T15:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zerowait.com\/?p=745"},"modified":"2011-05-16T15:29:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T15:29:00","slug":"the-cure-for-netapp-headaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zerowait.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/16\/the-cure-for-netapp-headaches\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cure for NetApp Headaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zerowait has been working with NetApp equipment since 1998, and over the years we have diagnosed three common causes for our customers\u2019 headaches:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">First<\/span> &#8211; NetApp\u2019s post warranty support is very expensive.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Second<\/span>&#8211; NetApp uses expensive post warranty support to push hardware upgrades too soon \u2013 and they are also too expensive and hard to cost justify.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Third <\/span>\u2013 NetApp\u2019s autosupports are difficult to interpret and hard to explain to management.<br \/><span style=\"font-size:130%;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:130%;\" >Working with our clients we have developed treatments to cure these maladies:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">First<\/span> \u2013 To solve the headaches caused by out of control NetApp support costs, Zerowait\u2019s customers rely on our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerowait.com\/currentspecials.html\">ZPA support contracts <\/a>that start at just $1500\/yr. With 24\/7 access to engineers, next business day hardware replacement and Exception Reporter monitoring autosupports, our customers tell us the only difference between Zerowait and NetApp is the price. For your mission critical systems, affordable on site spares kits are readily available and provide for immediate replacement of failed components.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Second<\/span> \u2013 To relieve the pain of the migraine caused by NetApp\u2019s prices for storage expansions and upgrades, Zerowait can provide plug and play <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerowait.com\/index.php\/netapp-sales-and-support\/hardware-sales\">storage shelves<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerowait.com\/index.php\/component\/content\/article\/51-newsflash\/139-download-brochure\">off lease transferable<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerowait.com\/index.php\/component\/content\/article\/51-newsflash\/139-download-brochure\"> <\/a>licensed equipment that is eligible for NetApp support or Zerowait\u2019s affordable alternatives.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Third<\/span> &#8211; Zerowait\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerowait.com\/index.php\/zerowait-solutions\/exception-reporter\">Exception Reporter <\/a>provides an easy to understand dashboard of capacity and performance that even management can understand! Additionally, Exception Reporter includes a searchable knowledgebase of issues and answers that has been developed over years of working with filers.<\/p>\n<p>For a limited time Zerowait is offering our weekly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerowait.com\/index.php\/zerowait-solutions\/exception-reporter\">Exception Reporter for free<\/a> to the NetApp community. This handy tool will help you diagnose and maintain your high availability storage. Please click on this link to sign up for this great stress reduction tool and reduce your management headaches.<\/p>\n<p>We understand that there are common problems and unique issues which Storage Administrators face on a daily basis. If you would like our help in diagnosing your Filers issues please give us a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerowait.com\/index.php\/contact-us\">call<\/a> at any of our international offices  to discuss your problems with one of our technical experts.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/www.thezerowaitstore.com\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/11084229-1815047677605727204?l=zerowait.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zerowait has been working with NetApp equipment since 1998, and over the years we have diagnosed three common causes for our customers\u2019 headaches: First &#8211; NetApp\u2019s post warranty support is very expensive. 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