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Is EMC Celera really that bad ?
I would not necessarily assume that you should buy Celerra just because
everything else you buy is EMC. There are advantages to being a single vendor shop, but you should require EMC to tell you what they would be. Besides any technical advantages of EMC NAS over other vendors' NAS, what benefits do I get by staying single vendor? Then ask the other vendors the opposite of that. Why should I abandon being a single vendor shop and do my NAS with you? Give me technical and non-technical reasons why. I would also recommend using a third-party company to help guide an RFI/RFP process, as their expertise will help you wade through the BS. Yes, I work for such a company, but I've always felt that way. The typical method of just comparing each vendor's claims (without any independent source of info) is fraught with problems. There are advantages and disadvantages to being a single- and multi-vendor shop. You just have to pick which ones you like. --- W. Curtis Preston Backup Blog @ www.backupcentral.com VP Data Protection, GlassHouse Technologies -----Original Message----- From: ] On Behalf Of Nicholas Buckley Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:42 AM To: Subject: [C.A.S.] Is EMC Celera really that bad ? Hi all, Not looking to provoke a row here, just looking for objective answers. NetApp has a lengthy and mostly positive track record when it comes to NAS - no real debate there ( or is there ? ) Just because EMC are associated traditionally with high-end SAN, does that mean that, almost by definition, their offerings in other segments are bound to be some way off the pace of the "market leaders" - whoever they may be ? We're a large-ish DMX / Clariion estate (SAN) and are looking to evolve our file/print from a server-based to a NAS-based architecture. If you were me, given that we're an EMC shop, wouldn't you be minded to look first at Celera and ( if pushed ) then look to see what the other major players offered as opposed to merely going with the "received wisdom". The can of worms is hereby opened. Best wishes to everyone, Nick, Cardiff, UK _______________________________________________ If you'd like to join the discussion, go to http://www.backupcentral.com and get a user id. Then subscribe to one or more of our mailing lists or follow the discussions in one of our forums (http://www.backupcentral.com/phpBB2). |
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