+--- In a previous state of mind, Jonah Yokubaitis barron@staff.texas.net wrote: | | Netapps ram prices are borderline on fraud. Please show me the added | value Netapp. All netapp does is buy Samsung DRAM and Dallas | SEmiconductor NVRAM, then drops them in a memory tester.
I disagree with the fraud part... but the rest can be said about any other vendor.
How much is that memory in your cisco router?
How about Sun memory?
Now, the difference between NetApp and the others is that you can get approved (warranted) 3rd party parts.
Granted, my investment in the NetApp filer is much greater than that for any Cisco device (or any specific Sun).
| Our latest quote on an upgrade for an F630 at a 41% discount level had | the 9gig hard drives at $2900/each.
This sounds wierd. I think the list price is not even $2900. $2500, I believe. After a 41% discount (wow, how did you get that?), they should come in around $1500. Which is still 2x the price you listed below.
| $ 739 | De Vine Computer Sales | 800-699-4049 | | | Hmm....4 drives for the price of 1 magic netapp drive? The burnin | testing it just not flying with me. For the price savings on a 26drive | upgrade, we could buy *ANOTHER* F630 chassis to use just for burning | in drives/ram.
Will DeVine also send you over-night replacement disks (in carriers)? Will they be able to send you drives with specific firmware revs which are correctly supported?
| Will netapp disclose their burin software by chance?
I think they assemble the systems and beat the crap out of them
| Jonah "Who doesn't work for a fortune500 company and actually pays | attention to budgets" Yokubaitis
Having a large budget for capital purchases and trying to get the best value you can are not mutually exclusive.
Buying your own parts and stocking spares is not something I want to do. I have been there, done that and it sucks. That is why we went away from PC's as servers at my previous job. And why we bought the stuff from NetApp, high markup and all.
This whole topic has been beaten to death.
Alexei