Netapp and Efficiency – Managing Perception

A quick discussion last night on Twitter got me thinking about the way technology is perceived in the industry at large. In particular, the discussion related to NetApp and in my usual facetious way I said I wouldn’t quote NetApp and efficiency in the same sentence (whoa, I just did!).

V is for value??

Put NetApp in because you want to use NetApp but don’t put it in to virtualise your existing environment unless you are prepared for a whole lot of work. If you simply want to virtualise and build a consolidated pool of disk, you might well be better looking at SVC or USP-V.

The Difference Between “Integration” and “Frankenstein”

When is a solution integrated and when is it a Frankenstein-like mashup of tangled tech? Apparently, that line is crossed when it’s your competitor’s offering… In my time in the storage industry, I’ve seen enough franken-storage come and go to make me skeptical whenever a new “integrated” solution is announced. But a lot of this stuff works just fine, so I also know that integrated solutions aren’t always bad!