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but...EMC is in another price bracket, I like the EVA still for when I need loads of cheap storage, we use it for our backup platforms, it's a great way to provide 25TB of data at a time at reasonable cost. I don't need shapshots and the basic replication is fine for my needs. I don't need iSCSI or lots of seperate disk groups for different apps, I need 48FATA drives presented as a LUN. For that, not much (not much with a recent reputation and reliable support) comes close to the price point.

You either get a great price on the EVA or you need to push EMC harder

I usually see EMC come in under the EVA with the equivalent Clariion. Drop me a line if you ever want a price check!

Also, Dell usually go really low on Clariion.