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On 3/6/06, Mark.Donaldson AT cexp DOT com <Mark.Donaldson AT cexp DOT com>
wrote:
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> Data Domain makes the right kind of software, they just tie it too tightl=
y
> to an appliance, IMO, rather than letting me hang my own disks on the
> backside.
>
> I have the same view about DD. Every time I met them, I pointed this out.
So finally they seemed to have heard it from many other customers and have
just announced a gateway device called DD460G that supposedly allows you to
use any third-party backend storage. There is still an appliance involved,
but its still better than having to use their array.
-G
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<br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 3/6/06, <b class=3D"gmail_sende=
rname"><a href=3D"mailto:Mark.Donaldson AT cexp DOT com">Mark.Donaldson AT cexp
DOT com</=
a></b> <<a href=3D"mailto:Mark.Donaldson AT cexp DOT
com">[email protected]=
om</a>
> wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-left: 1=
px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"=
><br>Data Domain makes the right kind of software, they just tie it too tig=
htly
<br>to an appliance, IMO, rather than letting me hang my own disks on the<b=
r>backside.<br><br></blockquote></div>I have the same view about DD. Every =
time I met them, I pointed this out. So finally they seemed to have heard i=
t from many other customers and have just announced a gateway device called=
DD460G that supposedly allows you to use any third-party backend storage. =
There is still an appliance involved, but its still better than having to u=
se their array.=20
<br><br>-G<br>
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