One Throat to Choke
by Storage Magazine

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Published on: 09/01/2008
Type of content: White Paper
Format: Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
Length: 2
Price: FREE

Overview
The single-vendor strategy has trickled into the storage arena even though networked storage is built on the concept of decoupling storage systems from servers. This allows you to use any storage array with any server OS, any application and any networking equipment. While the days of purchasing the server and receiving the storage with it are gone, some storage pros still feel compelled to buy storage from the same company that supplies their servers.

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