On Tue, February 2, 2010 11:26, Richard Elling wrote: > On Feb 2, 2010, at 8:49 AM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: >> On Tue, February 2, 2010 10:21, Marc Nicholas wrote: >>> I agree wholeheartedly....you're paying to make the problem "go away" >>> in >>> an >>> expedient manner. That said, I see how much we spend on NetApp storage >>> at >>> work and it makes me shudder ;) >> >> Yes, exactly. Pricing must be about right, people wince but pay it :-). >> If they don't wince it's too low. > > Business 101. > The price will be what the market will bear. If the price seems out of > line with your market, then perhaps you aren't in the same market.
Yes, perhaps. Quite clearly, in this case; I'm not buying enterprise storage myself. If the market bears it for long, then there's definitely an actual market there; otherwise it might have been a mistake by the company. I want the disk companies to come up with a set of specs for an enterprise-grade drive that can be used in stock form in relatively simple hardware to give good results. This concept that their enterprise-grade drives need tweaking in the firmware and price to be useful is annoying. Fair enough for people pushing the edges of the envelope, but most people don't, there should be a good solid mainstream solution available. A Solaris-based ZFS box using SAS controllers with 5, 8, 24, and 48 drive bay options might just about do it, if it could take a range of stock drives officially. Kill off a big chunk of people who get forced into enterprise storage against their will. > Personally, I think Ferraris are neat. But here on the ranch, I might be > able to squeeze a bale of hay into the passenger seat, but the low > ground clearance means I'll have to keep the tractor nearby to pull it > out when it gets stuck. So a Ferrari has $0 market value here at the > ranch. Yes, my Camry is good for commuting and running across town through unfortunately frequent stop-and-go traffic, and running down to see my mother (about an hour) a lot more than I used to need to. It can carry 4 very comfortably, which we only use every month or so, and it can carry the 3-head studio lighting kit in the trunk very comfortably. Probably still somewhat marginal on your ranch, though better than a Ferrari. The ground clearance is medium, and it's not mainly a cargo-hauler. -- David Dyer-Bennet, d...@dd-b.net; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
