On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 03:21:02PM -0400, jordan slingerland wrote:
hose sales folks may be misunderstanding the details. Ask to see the details of the guarantee, and read for yourself.
I agree. Thanks for all the responses, much more inline with what I would think. My data is not video or audio, but I did bring that up to the sales guys and very specifically they said they could get 4:1 on it. In fact the only example dataset they had any hesitation on promising verbally was the output of /dev/urandom. I call BS. Don't get me wrong, ontap9 on AFF sounds like it contains a lot of great incremental improvement and I am excited to try one out. I just prefer realistic promises.
--Jordan
As other's have mentioned, it's likely more about matching up with the marketing of competitors. Just about everyone has a data reduction guarantee now with the same asterisks and strings attached.
Ray