Comments on: Symantec’s SwapDrive: $500 a year for 2 GB? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/symantecs-swapdrive-500-a-year-for-2-gb/ A SearchStorage.com blog. Wed, 15 May 2013 20:05:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: Storagezilla http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/symantecs-swapdrive-500-a-year-for-2-gb/#comment-7171 Storagezilla Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:26:52 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/06/23/symantecs-swapdrive-five-hundred-bucks-a-year-for-2-gb/#comment-7171 As Scott points out they appear to have two price lists. One for those who don’t know any better and another for those who should no better.

Oh and cheap shot on the pricing. ;-p EMC in affordable offering scandal!

]]> By: Scott W http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/symantecs-swapdrive-500-a-year-for-2-gb/#comment-7170 Scott W Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:01:01 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/06/23/symantecs-swapdrive-five-hundred-bucks-a-year-for-2-gb/#comment-7170 Although I am not the first one to cut Symantec a break, there are two totally different pricing schemes available for what is (apparently) the same product. Compare backup.com and swapdrive.com.

Backup.com has the pricing that Mark and I have mentioned in our blogs–which is 3-10x more expensive than Mozy. Swapdrive is 50x or more, depending on how much data you have.

Makes you wonder what is going on at Symantec–that is a pretty major inconsistency.

Scott

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