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ROI Analysis for Intelligent File Virtualization

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Overview Take a closer look at the financial benefits of Intelligent File Virtualization with F5 ARX. F5 Acopia products virtualize existing file storage resources for dramatically reduced storage costs, improved resource utilization and simplified storage administration. As expected, there are normally significant capital expense (CapEx) and operation expense (OpEx) savings associated with the use of Acopia's products, with six major areas that typically contribute to the ROI. This document summarizes each potential area and outlines the basic ROI calculations.

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Publisher	F5 Networks	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2008
Format	White Papers
Topics	Knowledge and Data Management, Database Management, Data Center, ROI - TCO, Database Applications, Storage Management, Storage Consolidation, Virtualization

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