I did not mean to imply that Netapp has not innovated. Netapp has had its innovative times. WAFL, flexvols, ONTAP... I cannot say that I have seen much out of them in the past few years with the exception of the Decru acquisition. We will have to see... Sun's roadmap is full of new projects and technologies that are adding value.
The Storagetek comment was informational and directed towards the reference of another posting that mentioned Netapp had been around longer than patents that Sun/Storagetek may own. Which is certainly not the case. Matter of fact, STK has probably had some patents expire before Netapp was created.
Innovation doesn't have to always be new tech, it can be a new way of looking at old things. The key to innovation is to provide value. As for the combination, ZFS is a simple solution that has abstracted the complexity of combining the traditional disk, integrity, raid, storage functions, volume managers, file systems, and NFS. And for the rest of your comment, you are entitled to your opinion. As am I. Let the Sun shine.
I am pulling for Sun on this matter. Innovation should always rule! Sun is a true innovator. ZFS is truly innovative. BTW, Storagetek has been around a lot longer than Netapp.
This is very interesting news. It was only a matter of time until everyone realizes that Solaris is the killer OS. And if you read the article, they aren't getting out of the server market. They are looking at the opportunity to capture more OS installations. Lets face it, Solaris is an impressive OS. I can't wait for the Rock processor to come out. It is going to rock! No pun intended.:)
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You are NOT alone. Sun is an incredible company with some management issues that can be resolved.
I did not mean to imply that Netapp has not innovated. Netapp has had its innovative times. WAFL, flexvols, ONTAP... I cannot say that I have seen much out of them in the past few years with the exception of the Decru acquisition. We will have to see... Sun's roadmap is full of new projects and technologies that are adding value. The Storagetek comment was informational and directed towards the reference of another posting that mentioned Netapp had been around longer than patents that Sun/Storagetek may own. Which is certainly not the case. Matter of fact, STK has probably had some patents expire before Netapp was created.
Innovation doesn't have to always be new tech, it can be a new way of looking at old things. The key to innovation is to provide value. As for the combination, ZFS is a simple solution that has abstracted the complexity of combining the traditional disk, integrity, raid, storage functions, volume managers, file systems, and NFS. And for the rest of your comment, you are entitled to your opinion. As am I. Let the Sun shine.
I am pulling for Sun on this matter. Innovation should always rule! Sun is a true innovator. ZFS is truly innovative. BTW, Storagetek has been around a lot longer than Netapp.
This is very interesting news. It was only a matter of time until everyone realizes that Solaris is the killer OS. And if you read the article, they aren't getting out of the server market. They are looking at the opportunity to capture more OS installations. Lets face it, Solaris is an impressive OS. I can't wait for the Rock processor to come out. It is going to rock! No pun intended. :)