Does NetApp’s Data Protection Approach Trump EMC, HP & IBM?
After attending NetApp’s analyst day yesterday, my thoughts turned to how NetApp has differentiated itself regarding data protection. Most of the two- and three-letter acronym companies have a data protection portfolio that includes hardware, software, and services—with a few of these large companies scattering the technologies functionally across their organizations and oftentimes presenting a fragmented front to customers and partners. NetApp clearly has an integrated approach that deserves consideration. IBM has its flagship TSM and TSM FastBack backup and recovery software in the Tivoli software group, its ProtecTIER disk backup target in its tape hardware division, and its online backup service in the BCRS group. There doesn’t seem to be much coordination between these functional groups. Similarly, HP has its Data Protector software in its Software group, its VLS and D2D backup targets in its Storage Works Division, and an online backup solution in the HP Services area. Then there
Related Questions
- How does RAC One Node compare with traditional cold fail over solutions like HP Serviceguard, IBM HACMP, Sun Cluster and Symantec, and Veritas Cluster Server?
- If I am using Vendor Clusterware such as Veritas, IBM, Sun or HP, do I still need Oracle Clusterware to run Oracle RAC 10g or Oracle RAC 11g?
- Are there 1920x1200 Vista Themes?
