Joint Solution > Media and Entertainment High-availability Mac OS X Connectivity to NetApp Storage

The Challenge Perfect for rich content and high key benefits Why ATTO and NetApp? bandwidth applications Mac OS X workstation applications are Exclusive solution High-end media and entertainment proliferated in a wide range of vertical The only HBAs professional environments require markets, but they are more commonly providing Mac OS® X host multiple users to share access to large found in verticals such as: connectivity to NetApp® FAS amounts of storage, while maintaining enterprise-class storage systems. the high-throughput rates required for • Media and entertainment: video the high performance applications production, content creation, graphic High-availability storage they serve. While Mac servers and arts, 3D imaging, rendering Connect Mac hosts to NetApp workstations are the tools of choice • Energy: simulation, modeling, storage to take advantage of for professionals in the media and imaging, mapping, sensor monitoring enterprise-class features. entertainment industry, there has been • Healthcare and life sciences: medical an unmet need for high-availability, Boost performance and imaging feature-rich storage solutions for these productivity workflows. Mac users are driving the • Major manufacturing: RFID, Load balancing across multiple Fibre needs for more sophisticated configu- surveillance, CAD/CAM Channel paths increases system rations, which require multiple users to • U.S. public sector: education and performance and reduces downtime. share a “pool” of storage for continuous government content creation, Simplified management access to large amounts of data. surveillance, imaging

ATTO Configuration Tool provides ™ ATTO’s MulitPath Director technol- NETAPP AND ATTO SOLUTION BENEFITS easy configuration and management ogy, available with 8Gb/s Celerity Fibre of multiple paths to storage. Channel Host Bus Adapters, overcomes The NetApp and ATTO collaboration this limitation by allowing the Mac offers significant benefits to customers servers and workstations to connect deploying Mac OS X server and work- directly to enterprise- class NetApp station applications. FAS2000, FAS3100, or FAS6000 series High-availability storage storage systems for the first time. • Exclusively connect Mac workstations and servers to NetApp FAS2000, FAS3100, and FAS6000 storage systems with redundant SOLUTION COMPONENT

NetApp Products ATTO Products NetApp FAS2000, ATTO Celerity Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters with FAS3100, and FAS6000 MultiPath Director™ technology series enterprise storage • CTFC-84EN-000 — 8Gb/s quad channel systems running • CTFC-82EN-000 — 8Gb/s dual channel Data ONTAP • CTFC-81EN-000 — 8Gb/s single channel • ATTO Configuration tool for management and monitoring

Figure 1) ATTO’s Celerity Fibre Channel HBAs provide high-availability connectivity to NetApp FAS storage systems. (Graphics provided by ATTO.)

controllers in a Fibre Channel • Real-time and shared access to data FAS storage systems to now take SAN for improved availability and enables workgroups or single users advantage of the feature rich benefits management to efficiently complete projects and of enterprise-class storage. • ATTO Celerity provides multiple Fibre meet deadlines about ATTO Channel paths for redundant con- Simplifies Storage Management nections to the NetApp filer utilizing • Streamline media and IT asset ATTO Technology is a global leader of automatic failover and failback management with end-to-end storage connectivity and infrastructure • Also available for Windows and enterprise-class storage solution solutions for data-intensive computing servers environments. ATTO provides solutions • ATTO Configuration Tool allows easy that helps customers store, manage configuration, management, and Boosts Performance and deliver data more efficiently. Visit troubleshooting of redundant paths • Celerity HBAs improve performance www.attotech.com/solutions/NetApp for to storage of the storage system by significantly more information. enhancing latency management STORAGE OF CHOICE FOR • Load balancing across multiple Fibre about NetApp Channel paths increases overall MAC OS X ENVIRONMENTS NetApp creates innovative storage system performance NetApp and ATTO have teamed up to and data management solutions that deliver a high-availability, enterprise- Increases Productivity deliver outstanding cost efficiency and class storage solution for professionals • Allows Mac users to take advantage of accelerate performance breakthroughs. using Mac OS X. the high-end features of NetApp enter- Discover our passion for helping com- prise arrays, and consolidate their Mac This solution allows customers for the panies around the world go further, storage solutions to better optimize, first time to connect their Mac worksta- faster at www..com. pool, and manage their IT assets tions and servers directly to NetApp

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