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To: Gus who wrote (12148)	2/12/2001 7:00:18 PM
From: pirate_200	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17183

> Here's a good example of how illogical you're becoming: > > EMC had the perfect opportunity at the IP4700 introduction to choose a configuration > that was exactly the same as NTAP's: RAM, disks, controllers etc. and show their > superiority.... they didn't. > > Why? > > 1) The IP4700 chassis can support up to 100 disk drives behind 2 storage processors > which contains 2 PIII processors each. > > 2) The F840 chassis can support up to 168 disk drives behind one, I repeat, > one PIII processor. > > 3) The IP4700 (NAS) can also be converted to the FC4700 (SAN) with a simple change > of the interface card (Gigabit Ethernet to Fibre Channel) and software. The F840 > does not offer that option because NTAP did not invest in SANs. > > I ask again, why? You benchmark with the exact same configuration to highlight how much better your software is, that is why. You don't understand that? The easiest way for EMC to embarrass NTAP is to configure an IP-4700 the same as the 840 and show how much better it performs. By the way, you have avoided the RAID "ON" question again, I think this is the fifth or sixth time you haven't answered that one. Finally, you tell me to not believe or "parrott" anything NTAP management says, yet you go along and parrott EMC's management - are you saying NTAP's management is untruthful to their shareholders?