Specifications

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
The sophisticated customer realizes that the acquisition cost is only part of the true price of the product.
The price of the on-going service, support, and infrastructure can be several times greater than the initial
cost
The tangible costs can be easily measured and calculated for these libraries and are shown in the next
chart. However, there are many intangible costs that greatly increase the impact on the organization.
The library reliability and management features can either enhance or diminish the productivity of the
entire company.
If IT professionals are wasting time on problems with a low-reliability, low-availability product, their
productivity (or lack thereof) is felt by the entire business. The primary job of the IT person is to ensure
top network performance: e-mail running, databases online and secure, and general system health. If
those issues are sidelined because of the library, the productivity of the entire company is at risk if a
mission-critical function becomes unavailable.
This is why all aspects of the Sun StorEdge L100 and L25 systems have been designed and manufactured
to ensure that the operating costs provide the best advantage to the customer.
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