Hi,
I can agree that the software is the one that really has the added
value, but to my opinion allowing a stack like Fishworks to run outside
the Sun Unified Storage would lead to lower price per unit(Fishwork
license) but maybe increase revenue. Why an increase in revenues? Well,
i assume that alot of customers would buy the Fishworks to put into they
XYZ high-end server.
I often find alot of customers that say that it's far more easy to
convince the Board of Directors to buy software rather than hardware or
a "appliance".. Maybe the first step could be the possibility to run
Fishworks in any Sun server without the need to buy their Unified
Storage server. In this way the support for the software and hardware
would come from same vendor, therefore avoiding the "dance" between
multiple vendor when it comes to fixing issues.
Anyway, only time/market will say what's the best approach.
Bruno
Tim Cook wrote:
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 2:35 AM, Bruno Sousa <bso...@epinfante.com
<mailto:bso...@epinfante.com>> wrote:
Hi all,
I fully understand that within a cost effective point of view,
developing the fishworks for a reduced set of hardware makes ,
alot, of sense.
However, i think that Sun/Oracle would increase their user base if
they make availabe a Fishwork framework certified only for a
reduced set of hardware, ie :
* it needs Western Digital HDD firmware version x.y.z
* it needs a SAS/SATA controller from a specific brand, model
and firmare ( LSI SAS1068E )
* if SSD's are used they need to be from vendor X with firmware Y
* the system motherboard chipset needs to be from vendor X or
Y and not from Z
Within this possible landscape i'm pretty sure that alot more
customers would pay for the Fishworks stack and support, given the
fact that not all customers "need" aKa can afford, the Unified
Storage platform from Sun.
Anyway..Fishworks it's an awesome product! Congratulations for the
extreme good job.
Regards,
Bruno
You're making a very, very bad assumption that the price of Fishworks
would be "cheap" for just the software. Sun hardware does not cost
that much more than their competitors when it comes down to it. You
should expect the software to make up the difference in price if they
were to unbundle it. Heck, I would expect it to be MORE if they're
forced into having to deal with third party vendors that are pointing
fingers at software problems vs. hardware problems and wasting Sun
support engineers valuable time. I think you'd find yourself
unpleasantly surprised at the end price tag.
--Tim
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