Please stop it now….
Would NetApp please stop using their infamous CX3 Model 40 benchmark; you can’t even buy that array from EMC any more and haven’t been able to do so for some time. Weasel-worded apologies that you can’t find any newer data is just that….weasel-words!
Move on, you’ll be better for it! And if you constantly compare yourself to outdated technology, it really does not do you any favours at all!
Not too mention it was not submitted via EMC. What is even more impressive is 3Par uses those bogus numbers supplied by NetApp in their presentations. I had a customer send me an excerpt from a recent presentation. N-2 comparison carry no merit especially when the results were falsely released by a competitor. Move on!
Hi Martin,
Bit late to reply to this post, but it was just forwarded to me.
I would love for them to stop using this tired and completely wrong example, but it seems they just can’t help themselves.
I got so sick of it, I wrote a whole diatribe on it.
http://ausstorageguy.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/dragging-up-ancient-history-how-netapp-fooled-everyone-fas3040-v-cx3-40/
I like NetApp for the most part, I just really hate some of their practices.
Anyways, keep up the good work, I love your blog.
Aus Storage Guy