matthew patton <patto...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > It might help people to understand how ridiculous they
> > sound going on and on
> > about buying a premium storage appliance without any
> > storage.
>
> Since I started this, let me explain to those who can't begin to understand
> why I proposed something so "stupid". At work (branch of a federal gov't
> big-5 Department) I need 40TB but have next to nothing in budget. (For some
> reason all you damn citizens think you're entitled to keep most of your
> paychecks to yourself instead living off what I decide to give you in
> foodstamps and rent-controled housing.) Therefore, I can't afford let alone
> justify the preposterous premium demanded by "enterprise" EMC/Sun/IBM/NetApp.
> I can really use dedup, (integrity would be nice), and reasonable rack and
> power footprint since I'm out of that too.
Did you ever try to get an offer for a NetApp machine in the same range as
a SunFire 4540? I did and the price was twice as much than with the Sun.
With the Sun I did even have a 3 year maintenance contract included.
This of course was in both cases with disks.
It seems to be wrong to look at single component prices if you are looking
for a solution.
It is also wrong to cry about the price of single components in a solution
if you did already decide to build a system from single components.
Jörg
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