Old School

IBM DS4300s, EMC CX300s, NetApp FAS940s.

You have systems like these in your shop. They are scattered about, sitting idly or humming along without notice. They have a mix of 36GB, 72GB and 146GB drives in them — 300GB if you're lucky.

Instead of trashing them, have you ever thought about ripping out the small drives and putting in 146s or 300s? Perhaps with the added capacity it could be the perfect DR target. Better yet, what about a Clone Target for VMware using Platespin or Vizioncore?

Or holding your sick MP3 collection?

Be careful not to neglect the value of these older systems.