[Gllug] Hitachi SMS-100

[N. Pauli]

On Fri, 26 Mar, Rich Walker wrote:
> On 2010-03-26 08:17, N. Pauli wrote:
> > The thing is, we had a technical / sales fellow over from RM who sell
> > regular SAN solutions and this Hitachi SMS-100 which seemed to me
> > totally right-sized and appropriate for us. But he summarily
> > dismissed the SMS-100 [at £8K] as too slow to be a file server and
> > talked a full SAN at double the price and requiring £1350 p.a. of
> > support fees.
> > Wouldn't "Guy from RM dismisses it" translate as "Must-Buy" in everyone
> else's world?
> 
> cheers, Rich.
> 

RM aren't too bad, Rich. It being a recession and all I expect I can't blame people seeing us as likely to have some money and deciding to do a bit of over-selling.

Regards,
Nigel

-- 
Nigel Pauli
I.T. Manager
St. John's School, Northwood
http://www.st-johns.org.uk/




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