Storage Switzerland is an IT analyst firm focused on storage and virtualization segments. George Crump is lead analyst of Storage Switzerland. He says when you hear the term “Rip and Replace” it is not typically considered a good feature. Crump: If your new storage system or tape library can radically improve the way you manage storage or fundamentally reduce the costs, then a clean sweep might very well be in order. He suggests extending a system instead of ripping it out also has its appeal, Solid State Disk, space optimization and automated tiering are ideal examples.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/database-security/can-rip-and-replacing-storage-solutions-be-good-