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Greenpeace Gets Big SAN: Page 2 of 3

A key selling point of the SAN was its flexibility, according to Thomson: “It met our existing needs and will also be flexible enough to meet any future needs over the coming years. The SAN is primarily about the amount of storage flexibility that we can apply to any server."

Not surprisingly, Greenpeace is planning to have the Novell servers refurbished so that they can be used again.

Greenpeace usually works with an organization called Cybercycle to recycle the equipment. “Some of the equipment parts get sent to the third world," says Thomson. "Also it stops it all being dumped into landfill.”

Novell did not respond to a request for comment.

— James Rogers, Site Editor, Next-gen Data Center Forum