In a message dated 1/18/2002 4:06:48 PM Central Standard Time, joe.luchtenberg@data-line.com writes:

but if you're just looking
to save a few $, then I would suggest considering stepping down to an F810
or even F87 before ruling out NetApp on price (I may be reading too much
into your post here).

Hello, Joe:

You don't necessarily have to "step down" to an F810 or F87 -- let alone abandon NetApp altogether for Sun or Procom or Compaq -- to save money.

There are great buys on a limited number of used NetApp filers available today -- F720s, F740s and F760s with transferable NFS, CIFS and even CLUSTER licenses. As such, I don't believe there is any reason a NAS user has to settle for a "non-NetApp" solution because of price.

Regards,

Scott

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