Tag: EMC CLARiiON Storage

With all the talk about unified storage, solid-state drives, and rampant data growth, the impressive performance of the storage software industry has not been overlooked. Compared to the same quarter in 2010, the storage software industry has growth 9.7%, led by key players EMC, Symantec, and IBM.

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Storage vendors have long talked about “affordable disaster recovery” and “reduced total cost of ownership,” but customers have had a great deal of trouble making those promises a reality. Is an affordable EMC DR solution a myth or reality?

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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.

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1. Buying used EMC CLARiiON storage can typically save you an additional $10,000 to $25,000 per tray of disk.

What could you do with that kind of money in your pocket? New VMWare tools? Maybe upgrade your backup solution? Maybe a justification to setup a raise or bonus structure for your team?

2. Not all used EMC CLARiiON storage equipment is old.

No one buys EMC 9GB drives anymore! You can purchase quality, current used EMC CLARiiON hardware - such as used EMC 450GB fiber channel drives and used EMC 1TB SATA drives. Trade-in options are also available.

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