7. Vendor: "Our iSCSI product outperforms FC"
Don: "You mean if you use multiple switches, right?"
Vendor: "Switches are non-blocking, we can do it with one GigE switch."
Oh boy. I want this toy in the labs. They're perfectly wrong - it's still 1 Gig, and that 1 Gig has more overhead (the IP packet) than FC.
6. "NAS is dead."
sigh. Okay, here's a Public Service Announcement for all vendors. Just because you don't make it doesn't mean it's dead, nor does it mean that it's not scalable.
5. "We don't see a market for SAS products."
I'm sorry, I just thought I heard you say "We feel less options for our VARs, OEMs, and end customers is a good idea." Everyone else gets it, so why don't you?
4. "We don't see heterogeneous SANs in the field."
This is not the first time I've heard this argument. You know why? Because for most combinations of heterogeneous switching I have to shut of half the functionality of your switch. If there was true interoperability between switch vendors, this wouldn't be a problem.
3. "We don't believe customers want replication."
Right, they'd rather lose data, perhaps? Or stick with a backup window that is killing them? Our readers want it, so who are your customers?
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