Benching CLI Servers - Linux
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@Dashrender said:
This is my question - I know that Dell has created DPack to gain sales, but since they allow resellers to provide the service direct, hopefully skipping sales calls from Dell directly - what prevents someone from sharing the software and skipping the whole process? I'm guessing it's that the logged information has to go through some automated process that Dell has created along with DPACK to create the reports.
Because even their authorized third party DPACK reading engineer (cough cough) can't see the contents of the DPACK until Dell receives it, unpacks it and sends it to
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
This is my question - I know that Dell has created DPack to gain sales, but since they allow resellers to provide the service direct, hopefully skipping sales calls from Dell directly - what prevents someone from sharing the software and skipping the whole process? I'm guessing it's that the logged information has to go through some automated process that Dell has created along with DPACK to create the reports.
Because even their authorized third party DPACK reading engineer (cough cough) can't see the contents of the DPACK until Dell receives it, unpacks it and sends it to
methat engineer.Yep, figured..
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So the question is.... is it worth $150 to avoid being hassled by Dell.
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@Dashrender said:
So the question is.... is it worth $150 to avoid being hassled by Dell.
Yes, yes it is.I mean, absolutely!What I meant to say is... the big benefit is having a consulting engineer read the results who spends time with you talking about your environmental needs rather than a sales person reading the results and providing a sizing off of a 3-2-1 chart. The free option is there and you get exactly zero consulting with it. If you can ignore the sales person, it works out fine. But you get nothing other than the numbers. If you pay for
mean authorized DPACK read-back engineer then you get the numbers, capacity planning advice and all of that with a view towards how it applies to your business needs. Dell sales people don't even ask about your business needs. -
Definitely an excellent worthwhile investment.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
So the question is.... is it worth $150 to avoid being hassled by Dell.
Yes, yes it is.I mean, absolutely!What I meant to say is... the big benefit is having a consulting engineer read the results who spends time with you talking about your environmental needs rather than a sales person reading the results and providing a sizing off of a 3-2-1 chart. The free option is there and you get exactly zero consulting with it. If you can ignore the sales person, it works out fine. But you get nothing other than the numbers. If you pay for
mean authorized DPACK read-back engineer then you get the numbers, capacity planning advice and all of that with a view towards how it applies to your business needs. Dell sales people don't even ask about your business needs.I wish I had known about this option when I deployed my last system. It would have saved me a bit of time. Plus Dell and EMC wouldn't have called me every 3 days.
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@coliver said:
I wish I had known about this option when I deployed my last system. It would have saved me a bit of time. Plus Dell and EMC wouldn't have called me every 3 days.
Every so often I forget about that, and sign up for another webcast of the latest sales pitch. It's an easy way to find out about new features in products. It's also annoying getting the 20 sales calls afterwards.
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I give out @ataylor14's phone number, so I don't really notice
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@travisdh1 said:
@coliver said:
I wish I had known about this option when I deployed my last system. It would have saved me a bit of time. Plus Dell and EMC wouldn't have called me every 3 days.
Every so often I forget about that, and sign up for another webcast of the latest sales pitch. It's an easy way to find out about new features in products. It's also annoying getting the 20 sales calls afterwards.
Or you could do what I do: Don't answer the phone. My voicemail tells them to send me an email. Sadly, with my latest audiology results, my bosses want me to start answering the phone again, lol.
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@scottalanmiller said:
I give out @ataylor14's phone number, so I don't really notice
lol, nice. I've started giving out my old Google Voice number (still works, only via hangouts now). If the phone doesn't tell me who is calling, it somehow ends up straight to voice mail. No voice mail = I don't call you back.
I should get the family phone book from my parents to lookup some of the Amish relatives with the phone booth by the road. That'd be freaking hilarious to listen in on. @scottalanmiller, you probably know exactly what I'm talking about.
