Tag: lifespan

Don’t let your data center turn into a storage museum — Storage Soup Blog by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Thursday, September 27th 2012

Analyst Blogs

Did you ever have a visitor to your data center say, “I didn’t know any of these systems were still around?” The implication here is that your data center is one step away from being a museum. Having “museum worthy”...

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Why storage has a short lifespan — Storage Soup Blog by Randy Kerns

By Randy Kerns, Monday, March 26th 2012

Analyst Blogs

How long does an organization keep a storage system? That depends on a few things. For disk systems, there are several driving factors: • The length of the warranty period and the cost of a service contract after the warranty...

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