I need to add some drives to the DS14 on our F810, but had a couple of questions.

Since the Filer has performed so well, I haven't had much need to deal with it, which is good, but it also means I'm not as familiar with it as I'd like. It seems I only have time to learn about the things that break :(

I have been able to find answers to the technical questions on NOW, so I don't have to act stupid about those.

I do have one non-technical questions left though:

When the time comes to buy the drives should I go back to the VAR we bought the system from, or direct to NetApp, or should I consider some other source? We are maintaining NetApp support, so we would need an "approved" vendor, etc.

Thanks.