Netapp *really* does its customers a disservice but its RIDICULOUS pricing on common accessories.

$1950 list for a F/W Cuda 4 from netapp...and they offered us this *incredible* 15% discount...wow $1657.50...

Tech Data had the same drive for $665.

I love our toasters, but someone in netapp marketing really needs to get a grip on reality.

It may be more relevant to compare the NetApp prices with a new Cuda from other sources in a Storageworks shelf. Here in Norway you can only get disks in Storageworks shelves from DEC, and they are *much* more expensive than the disks themselves.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no