I
believe there is a third difference as well.
Eurologic does not provide the applicable Netapp firmware
revisions for the drives.
This
means you are using uncertified third party product to store your companies
information.
Good
luck when your filer blows up and you try to open a case with Netapp using UCE
supplied drives.
Didn't we just have a short session on
spam??????
Eurologic Systems, based in Dublin, Ireland, is the sole
OEM supplier to Network Appliance of the FC7, FC8 and FC9 disk shelves and the
companion 9gb, 18gb, 36gb and 72gb FC-AL disk drives and
canisters.
Following NetApp's introduction of the DS14 shelf, the
NetApp-Eurologic relationship has slowly come to an end. However,
significant quantities of the FC9 product that was built exclusively for
NetApp but on which delivery was never taken - including both 36gb and 72gb
drives (ZCS and BCS versions) - are now available for direct sale to NetApp
users.
The "Eurologic-direct" FC-AL disk drives differ in just two ways
from the "NetApp-direct" ones: 1) the color of the drive-release buttons
varies slightly from the charcoal colored buttons on the NetApp drive and 2)
the color of the disk drive graphic (e.g., 36F, 72F) varies as well.
We
are offering brand new Eurologic FC9 product at the following
prices:
FC9 shelf, dual power, 7 x 36gb FC-AL
drives, cabling
$7,990.00
FC9 shelf, dual power, 7 x 72gb FC-AL
drives, cabling $12,990.00
We
would be happy to negotiate volume discounts.
This product carries a
THREE-YEAR Eurologic warranty. In addition, Union Computer provides free
advance exchange warranty replacement as a supplement to the Eurologic
warranty.
Network Appliance accepts "genuine" used NetApp gear for
hardware service contract; on the other hand, whether they will accept new
"Eurologic-direct" product is still in question. However, we believe
that the three-year Eurologic warranty with advance exchange will meet the
requirements of many Netapp users.
We invite you to contact us for
additional details.
Scott Fischmann
Union Computer Exchange,
Inc.
6233 Idylwood Lane
Minneapolis, MN 55436
Phone: 952 935
7282
FAX: 952 935
5056
scott@unioncomputer.com