Maxmizing ROI

In today’s budget-conscious IT landscape, maximizing storage ROI is critical. At Zerowait, we empower businesses to extend the life of their NetApp systems, reduce maintenance costs, and embrace innovative solutions like SimplStor-Z. Below, discover our 10 best practices to optimize your storage infrastructure while keeping costs low. From expert third-party support to global accessibility, learn how Zerowait delivers enterprise-grade performance without the enterprise price tag.

1. Extend Hardware Lifecycles

Avoid costly upgrades by maintaining and optimizing legacy NetApp systems well beyond their end-of-life (EOL) dates, ensuring maximum return on your existing investments.

2. Leverage Third-Party Support

Opt for Zerowait’s OEM-quality support to reduce maintenance costs by up to 50% compared to traditional vendor contracts, without sacrificing reliability or performance.

3. Implement Cost-Effective Upgrades

Enhance storage capacity and performance with affordable upgrades for existing systems, avoiding the need for expensive new hardware purchases.

4. Utilize Transferable Licenses

Invest in off-lease NetApp systems with transferable licenses to acquire enterprise-grade storage at 40%-75% lower cost than new systems.

5. Adopt Proactive Monitoring

Use tools like Zerowait’s Exception Reporter to monitor system health and performance, optimizing storage environments and preventing costly downtime.

6. Explore Open-Source Solutions

Deploy Zerowait’s SimplStor-Z, a ZFS-based storage platform with enterprise features like snapshots, replication, and encryption, for a budget-friendly alternative to proprietary systems.

7. Take Advantage of Trade-In Programs

Trade in outdated systems—NetApp, tape, or other hardware—for credits toward modernized storage solutions, reducing upgrade costs and simplifying transitions.

8. Access Global Support

Partner with a provider like Zerowait, which supports customers in North America, EMEA, Asia and Australia, to ensure responsive, worldwide support for your storage infrastructure.

9. Explore Customer Driven Solutions

Zerowait provides tailored advice based on your business needs, not sales quotas, to ensure cost-effective and practical storage strategies.

10. Maintain Data Security and Compliance

Leverage Zerowait’s expertise in configuring secure, compliant storage environments, including SimplStor’s encryption and replication features, to protect sensitive data.