It's more expensive than other storage vendors such as Dell, Pure Storage, HPE, Lenovo, etc. It provides the value, but some of the customers don't look at the value. They first look at the cost. It should be reduced by 20% to 30%. That's the difference I'm noticing.
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2024-09-27T20:09:00Z
Sep 27, 2024
It is pretty good. It is definitely cheaper than Dell EMC. It is cheaper than Pure. It is cheaper than VAST. It is definitely cheaper than HPE. The only one that is on par with NetApp's pricing for enterprise customers is IBM. IBM is good, but unfortunately, there are not as many trained people out there. It is harder to support. Most of the IBM storage people are on the IBM mainframe. As a Windows-based and Linux-based shop, not a mainframe shop, it made more sense for us to go with NetApp.
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It's more expensive than other storage vendors such as Dell, Pure Storage, HPE, Lenovo, etc. It provides the value, but some of the customers don't look at the value. They first look at the cost. It should be reduced by 20% to 30%. That's the difference I'm noticing.
It is pretty good. It is definitely cheaper than Dell EMC. It is cheaper than Pure. It is cheaper than VAST. It is definitely cheaper than HPE. The only one that is on par with NetApp's pricing for enterprise customers is IBM. IBM is good, but unfortunately, there are not as many trained people out there. It is harder to support. Most of the IBM storage people are on the IBM mainframe. As a Windows-based and Linux-based shop, not a mainframe shop, it made more sense for us to go with NetApp.