Comments for Making sense of NetApp and Data Domain at http://www.storagemonkeys.com , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.storagemonkeys.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:21:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.storagemonkeys.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Making-sense-of-NetApp-and-Data-Domain.html&Itemid=136#comment-142 What does the community think about the anti-competitive nature of EMC buying DDUP? Do they have too much control over the 810 IP? How does the FTC rule do they send EMC into a second request? Is Dedup a function or a market? - Edmonds Bafford Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:12:16 +0100 http://www.storagemonkeys.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Making-sense-of-NetApp-and-Data-Domain.html&Itemid=136#comment-69 It is also about controlling the market and keeping technology out of the hands of your competitors. Because of the gateway product they had partnerships with some of the smaller storage vendors and rumored that HDS was probably next. Not only are those out of the picture now but some of the other partnerships like F5/ARX at risk. - Wayne Cox Fri, 29 May 2009 03:48:12 +0100 http://www.storagemonkeys.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Making-sense-of-NetApp-and-Data-Domain.html&Itemid=136#comment-68 It is not about dedupe. It is about NDMP vs OST. If NetApp doesn't have a skunkworks project doing OST, then they need to put on the pointy hat and go sit in the corner just vacated by Sun. (Oak? Feh!) - Robert Clark Thu, 28 May 2009 10:44:59 +0100 http://www.storagemonkeys.com/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Making-sense-of-NetApp-and-Data-Domain.html&Itemid=136#comment-67 Until now dedupe was more of a hurdle than a boon for NetApp. AFAIK almost everybody agreed on one thing : NetApp dedupe sucks rocks. Actually even NetApp sales reps would use dedupe as a pure marketing tool: "Dedupe is all the rage, the new hype, but hey, sure, we do have a solution, and even better it's free! Now, let me explain why you don't really want to use it anyway..." OK, so now it's easier to draw the missing lines : storage vendors need [b]good[/b] dedupe now, so what did NetApp do? Buy the best available. And that's about it :) - Emmanuel Florac Thu, 28 May 2009 04:09:21 +0100