BE6K - Software Maintenance Service for VCS

Hi,
I have some doubts about the software maintenance service for the Cisco VCS licenses included with BE 6000.
In table 27 of ordering guide we have:
LIC-VCSE-5+ -> CON-ECMU-LICVCSE   900 $
LIC-VCS-10+ -> CON-ECMU-LICVCS1   900 $
I think there are two errors: part numbers of service and their prices
Probably the correct ones are the following :
LIC-VCSE-5+ -> CON-ECMU-LICVCSE5   1.035 $
LIC-VCS-10+ -> CON-ECMU-LICVCS10   910,8 $
what do you think ?
Regards
Filippo

Hi,
the ordering guide has not been yet updated.
Can anyone kindly help me ?
Regards
filippo

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Hi,
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While it's not true that you should or must keep any particular percentage of space free, you should monitor your storage use and make sure you're not in immediate danger of using it up. According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of free space on the startup volume for normal operation.
If storage space is running low, use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper to explore the volume and find out what's taking up the most space. Move seldom-used large files to secondary storage.
7. Relax, don’t do it. Besides the above, no routine maintenance is necessary or beneficial for the vast majority of users; specifically not “cleaning caches,” “zapping the PRAM,” "resetting the SMC," “rebuilding the directory,” "defragmenting the drive," “running periodic scripts,” “dumping logs,” "deleting temp files," “scanning for viruses,” "purging memory," "checking for bad blocks," "testing the hardware," or “repairing permissions.” Such measures are either completely pointless or are useful only for solving problems, not for prevention.
To use a Mac effectively, you have to free yourself from the Windows mindset that every computer needs regular downtime maintenance such as "defragging" and "registry cleaning." Those concepts do not apply to the Mac platform. A well-made computing device is not something you should have to think about much. It should be an almost transparent medium through which you communicate, work, and play. If you want a machine that needs a lot of attention, use a PC.
The very height of futility is running an expensive third-party application called “Disk Warrior” when nothing is wrong, or even when something is wrong and you have backups, which you must have. Disk Warrior is a data-salvage tool, not a maintenance tool, and you will never need it if your backups are adequate. Don’t waste money on it or anything like it.

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