And then suddenly, I noticed something incredibly fishy.  In addition to being a CLARiiON only solution, RecoverPoint/SE also only supports Windows. (My reference material was outdated… RPSE apparently supports most major OSes now, my apologies)

It make sense that SMB shops used to run only Windows and CLARiiONs, so the “Value Edition” of RecoverPoint supports that particular combination.  But SMB shops nowadays are venturing out to FOSS solutions such as LAMP based Alfresco to save some $. But if that translates to having to fork over a lot more money for the RecoverPoint “Deluxe Version”, it’d probably make SMBs look into some other storage vendors with more FOSS friendly price quotes. (However, RPSE does only limit you to CLARiiON-only storage, so for those wanting to save money by using less expensive boxes from a competing vendor, EMC will make you pony up for the full veresion of RP) After all, not everyone needs a Mercedes C class when a Toyota/Honda/Mazda works just fine   Remember, Linux is your friend.