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Dell Buys IPO-Bound EqualLogic for $1.4 Billion

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the money-flying-making-a-new-bubble dept.

alphadogg writes "Dell is stretching further behind PCs and servers and boosting its storage business with a $1.4 billion buyout of EqualLogic, a storage company that filed to go public in August. CEO Michael Dell had hinted just last week that Dell could be on the prowl for some big game."

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  1. Re:Overpriced by crow · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Right. And the reason virtualization leads to increased use of SAN storage is that when you virtualize a bunch of logical servers onto a small number of physical servers, it suddenly becomes much more practical to use higher-end storage, as you don't have to have separate expensive HBAs, switches, and whatnot to connect to your fancy storage systems.