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VSP G1000 Makes HDS VSP Support Switch a Priority
Many owners of the HDS VSP, which went on the market in 2010 and added flash storage modules in 2012, are beyond warranty HDS VSP support. It’s no emergency, because Hitachi Data Systems still offers extended support packages on this hardware. Yet the recent introduction of the VSP G1000 may…
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NetApp 6200/FAS6200 Support in Question as Series Discontinued: Notice to 6240, 6250, 6280 and 6290 Owners
The well publicized release of the NetApp FAS8000 happened in July, so the NetApp FAS6200 support is now in question. This product refresh affects the FAS6290 and FAS6250, as well as the FAS6240 and FAS6280 that had themselves been replaced a while ago. What a long, strange trip it’s been for…
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NetApp 2040 / FAS2040 Support Ends 2017
Since NetApp’s “refresh” of the FAS2000 line, we’ve been discussing impending loss of NetApp 2040 / FAS2040 support. Now we have a date to put to this declared obsolescence: October 31, 2017 for both the single and dual controller, 12 slot 2040 arrays. With more than…
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End of Obsolescence for the NetApp FAS3040
On this blog, we find ourselves talking a lot about end-of-life and end-of-support dates for hardware, like the April EOSL for the NetApp FAS3040. Doing so, we’ve realized, is allowing the OEMs to frame the discussion. They set the timelines. They rescind support. They attach words like “obsolete” to hardware that,…
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The inhouse data center isnt dying its changing
The recent rise of data center hosting solutions like cloud computing and colocation has left many IT managers wondering if they still need to maintain an internal facility. A recent ComputerWeekly report explained that while the cloud and colocation are leading to significant changes in the…
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Fast NetApp FAS8000 Doesn’t Necessitate Speedy FAS6280 /3200 Series Upgrade
What’s the future for the NetApp FAS6280 and FAS3200 series storage arrays in your environment? Since NetApp unveiled the 8000 series with notice that the FAS8020, FAS8040, and FAS8060 would replace the FAS/V3220, FAS/V3250, and FAS/V6220, respectively, data center managers and other IT professionals have been considering…
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NetApp FAS2040 in the Age of the FAS2240
With storage hardware, it seems as if every investment in a new array, like the NetApp FAS2040, is immediately greeted by the OEM’s introduction of the next new thing. Can you say FAS2240? If you are the midsized enterprise with a distributed environment for which…
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Rock County Case Study
Located in south-central Wisconsin, just 100 miles outside of Chicago, Rock County employs about 1,200 people across 29 different departments ranging from the Health department to the Sheriffs Office, as well as Public Safety…