AUSTRALIA, Sydney - 7 March
2007 - Network Appliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) today
announced that the cost of owning NetApp enterprise-class storage
solutions for Windows file services environments is lower than that
of competing offerings from EMC, according to a total cost
comparison (TCC) study conducted by Mercer Management
Consulting.
The goal of the study was to identify the total cost of acquiring,
deploying, operating, and managing EMC Celerra and NetApp FAS
environments, based on typical configurations and storage
management policies. This report will help customers who have
already decided to perform Windows file services consolidation,
choose between NetApp and EMC. The findings included in the study
are based exclusively on actual cost data provided by network
storage administrators and IT managers from midsized and large
enterprises across various industries in Europe and North
America.
Key findings in the Mercer study include:
Total Cost of NetApp versus EMC Celerra
Based on typical configurations and storage management policies for
companies that consolidate only the data centre, NetApp has a 30%
to 39% cost advantage over EMC Celerra, depending on the type of
Celerra deployment.
Product Acquisition and Ongoing Vendor Costs
NetApp provides a 30% to 40% cost advantage over EMC Celerra in
product acquisition and ongoing vendor costs.
Internal Operational Costs
NetApp provides a 23% cost advantage over EMC Celerra in internal
operational costs.
Downtime and Recovery Costs
NetApp provides a 36% to 55% cost advantage over EMC Celerra
solutions in downtime and recovery costs.
Press Contact:
Contact:
Mark Heers
Network Appliance, Inc.
+61 2 9779 5623
Mark.heers@netapp.com
Rachel York
Max Australia
+61 2 9954 3492
Rachel.york@maxaustralia.com.au