Objectives of the release

In response to continued feedback from both our customers and sales community that our current Storage Foundation High Availability product portfolio and pricing are too complex, we are moving to replace the 19 different product offerings (including Storage Foundation, Cluster Server, Cluster File System, etc.) with four products. Not only are the products being consolidated, the associated pricing and pricing meters are also being simplified -- in particular, we are moving away from Symantec Performance Value Units (SPVUs).

These significant changes are intended to: