hardware Network Appliance™ Fabric-Attached Storage Systems

Network Appliance provides the industry’s broadest compatible family of flexible, manageable storage systems, which provide maximum data availability and data protection.

Key Features THE CHALLENGE: THE SOLUTION: Reliable Managing Data for Maximum Business Network Appliance Fabric-Attached Exceptionally high application-level Advantage Storage Systems availability Fast, reliable access to an ever-increasing Network Appliance fabric-attached Fast volume of business information is essential storage (FAS) systems simplify data High throughput and fast response times to the competitiveness and success of management, enabling enterprise demanded by transaction processing, enterprises of all sizes. Assuring that customers to reduce costs and database, and technical applications high-value data and content are available complexity, minimize risks, and control whenever and wherever needed enables change. The breadth of the FAS product Versatile faster decisions and higher productivity line provides storage solutions for a One integrated architecture for both by managers, employees, and partners broad range of needs, from remote office SAN and NAS and better engagement with customers, applications to the largest corporate data Scalable clients, and prospects. center applications. The FAS product line features the high-end FAS6000 series, for Nondisruptive capacity expansion Efficient and effective data management large-scale data consolidation and high- and quick performance upgrades from is a core component of providing around- performance applications; the midrange entry-level to high-end configurations the-clock and around-the-world infor- FAS3000 series, providing exceptional mation availability. Key aspects of data Simple price-performance value; and the management are consolidating data used Easily installed, configured, managed, FAS200 series, for remote offices of by multiple applications and many users and maintained large enterprises as well as primary on network storage systems; managing storage for small and medium enterprises. data stored across the enterprise, whether in data centers or at remote locations; INDUSTRY-LEADING ENTERPRISE assuring data availability to sustain STORAGE CONSOLIDATION business operations even when a hard- NetApp FAS systems are the most ware problem, human error, or disaster versatile systems in the industry for occurs; and protecting and securing data storage consolidation. They deliver against loss, unauthorized access, and simultaneous access for files and block- noncompliant modification. level application data and concurrent connection to (FC) and IP networks. FAS systems are designed to consolidate and serve data for a wide variety of applications, including business applications, e-mail, enterprise content management, technical applications, home directories, and Web content.

FAS systems provide data access over FC and iSCSI storage area networks (SANs) and support CIFS, NFS, and HTTP file access protocols for network- attached storage (NAS). They provide scalable, high-availability storage for Windows®, UNIX®, and ® operating systems. This enables FAS systems to Figure 1) FAS6070 system. serve as a single standard architecture to span both SAN and NAS environments applications. FlexVol also enables thin asynchronous replication; SnapVault® and enables consolidation of data from provisioning, which avoids the cost of uses it for block-level incremental many different applications and system over-provisioning and the time-consuming to another system. Together, environments onto a single system, reconfiguration typical with other storage these SnapSuite™ products help deliver resulting in reduced acquisition and solutions. the high application-level availability that operational costs and increased return on enterprises require for 24x7 operation. investment (ROI). In addition, FAS systems Another Data ONTAP 7G feature, support both FC and SATA disk drives, FlexClone™, instantaneously creates STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR EVERY in either homogeneous or mixed storage cloned LUNs or volumes without requir- ENTERPRISE configurations, providing a spectrum of ing additional storage. FlexClone can The NetApp FAS product line offers a tiered storage options. dramatically improve the effectiveness and wide range of versatile, tiered-storage productivity of application and database COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT FOR systems with enterprise-class reliability development and predeployment testing. FIBRE CHANNEL SAN and scalability, delivering unmatched management simplicity and application NetApp FAS storage systems undergo RESILIENT STORAGE FOR HIGH integration for high availability. NetApp rigorous testing with switches, directors, APPLICATION AVAILABILITY FAS systems are ideal building blocks and adapters from industry-leading Fibre FAS hardware designs and the Data of networked storage for open systems, Channel equipment providers as well ONTAP are tightly providing the data availability and data as application software that relies on integrated to provide resilient system access required to keep business FC SAN-based storage. NetApp also operation and high data availability. FAS operations online and productive. supports 4Gb Fibre Channel connectivity systems incorporate redundant and hot- to maximize FC SAN throughput and swappable components, and patented NETAPP FAS6000 SERIES SYSTEMS ™ storage system performance. double-parity RAID-DP (the NetApp high- The FAS6000 series is the flagship of performance implementation of RAID 6) SIMPLIFIED STORAGE PROVISIONING the FAS product line, delivering the provides superior data protection with performance, scalability, and resiliency All FAS systems run the NetApp Data negligible impact on performance. required to consolidate data for the ONTAP® operating system, which is ™ largest application environments. optimized for fast, efficient, and reliable NetApp Snapshot technology provides FAS6000 systems provide consistent data access and retention. up to 250 data-in-place, point-in-time images per LUN or file system, available high performance, whether handling the Data ONTAP 7G dramatically simplifies for near-instantaneous file-level or full data aggregated workloads of many servers or common storage provisioning and set recovery, and the minimal performance serving a single, high-capacity application, management operations. LUNs and overhead makes it uniquely suited for making them superb storage solutions for volumes created and configured using protecting production data. Host-based business applications, online transaction ® FlexVol technology can be dynamically SnapManager® software integrates processing, databases, and large-scale expanded or contracted with a single Snapshot management with applications, e-mail, as well as for a variety of technical command. Host-based NetApp assuring consistent images and applications such as electronics and ® SnapDrive extends this flexible storage application-level recovery in minutes. aerospace design, seismic processing, provisioning capability to databases and SnapMirror® utilizes Snapshot to provide and graphics imaging. incremental block-level synchronous and The FAS6000 series scales to over 1,000 disk drives with support for tiered Frame Array storage using FC and SATA disk drives. Storage

I/O connectivity scales up to 48 FC ports Downtime Costs or 48 ports, including support Other for both 4Gb FC SAN and 10 Gigabit Modular Ethernet. Storage Management Costs

NETAPP FAS3000 SERIES SYSTEMS NetApp Storage The FAS3000 series addresses the core requirements of the midrange enterprise storage market, delivering Acquisition Costs a superb blend of price, performance, and scalability—and exceptional storage value—for database applications, e-mail, and large- scale file sharing. The compact, Figure 2) Proven lower TCO. modular design delivers integrated FC Studies by Mercer Management Consulting show that the cost of ownership for SAN, IP SAN (iSCSI), and NAS storage NetApp storage systems is substantially lower than that of alternative storage with scalability to over 500 disk drives. from major vendors. Read the full reports at www..com/tco. The FAS3000 series supports both FC and SATA disk drives for tiered storage. FAS3000 systems support as many block- and file-level data access and data COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES as 32 FC ports or 32 Ethernet ports, protection capabilities as the FAS6000 NetApp Global Services provides the including support for both 4Gb FC and and FAS3000 series, packaged to meet comprehensive support and services . the needs of smaller installations. The required in the enterprise data center. FAS270 scales to 56 disk drives and NETAPP FAS200 SERIES SYSTEMS 16TB, and the FAS250 squeezes up to NetApp ConsultingEdge provides a The FAS200 series provides departmental 4TB in a single 3U enclosure. Both are complete yet flexible set of consulting and remote office storage for distributed easily upgraded to larger FAS systems. services to help you plan, implement, enterprise deployment and is an ideal and optimize storage solutions. NETAPP SOFTWARE: system for primary storage in small and NetApp SupportEdge Premium offers a Data ONTAP Software Simplifies medium-sized enterprises. FAS200 hybrid approach to support, combining Data Management systems offer the same integrated expert on-site resources with innovative All NetApp FAS systems run the Data remote capabilities. SupportEdge ONTAP operating system, which simplifies Premium includes hardware and software data management and optimizes storage installation, system monitoring, proactive utilization with features that enable notification, immediate reactive support, flexible storage provisioning, superior remote diagnostics, and a blend of scalability, and concurrent block and file remote and on-site repair. Quarterly access. Data ONTAP software integrates storage availability audits and a software seamlessly into UNIX, Windows, and Web subscription plan are also included. environments and provides the foundation for enterprise-wide storage and data About Network Appliance infrastructures supporting mission-critical Network Appliance is a world leader in business applications. unified storage solutions for today’s data- intensive enterprise. Since its inception in 1992, Network Appliance has delivered technology, product, and partner firsts that simplify data management. Information about Network Appliance solutions and services is available at www.netapp.com.

Figure 3) FAS3040 system. Figure 4) FAS200 system. Table 1) Software overview. software/Feature function benefit

Veritas A Symantec® product that provides a centralized opera- Efficient management of heterogeneous SAN storage CommandCentral™ tional console for delivering storage management services resources with improved performance and availability Storage in large-scale, heterogeneous SAN environments. Operations Manager Manages multiple NetApp systems from a single Faster deployment and consolidated management of (formerly DFM) administrative console multiple NetApp systems Data ONTAP NetApp storage operating system providing full-featured Single architecture and user interface simplify data manage- and unified data management for both block and file ment and reduce costs for SAN and NAS deployment serving environments

FlexCache Caches NFS volumes for accelerated file access in Improves performance, response times, and data availability remote offices and for server compute farms

FlexClone Instantaneously creates LUN and volume clones without Accelerated test and development and storage capacity requiring additional storage savings

FlexShare™ Prioritizes storage resource allocation to highest value Assures best performance is provided to designated workloads on a heavily loaded system high-priority applications

FlexVol Creates flexibly sized LUNs and volumes across a large Fast, simple, and flexible storage provisioning and pool of disks and one or more RAID groups high-capacity utilization

LockVault™ Creates WORM-protected archives for unstructured files Regulatory compliance solution for spreadsheets, by combining SnapLock® and SnapVault presentations, and other unstructured application data

MetroCluster An integrated high-availability/disaster recovery solution Assures high data availability when a site failure occurs for campus and metro-area deployments

MultiStore® Securely partitions a storage system into multiple virtual Enables secure consolidation of multiple domains and file storage appliances servers

Protection Manager Backup and replication management software for NetApp Improves productivity through automation of data protection disk-to-disk environment tasks; delivers higher assurance of data protection than with manual execution of tasks by reducing human errors

SnapDrive Provides host-based data management of NetApp Simplifies host-consistent Snapshot copy creation and storage from Windows, UNIX, and Linux servers automates error-free restores

SnapLock Write-protects structured application data files within Provides storage enabling compliance with government a volume to provide WORM disk storage records retention regulations

SnapManager Provides host-based data management of NetApp Simplifies application-consistent Snapshot copies, storage for databases and business applications automates error-free data restores, and enables application- aware disaster recovery

SnapMirror Enables automatic, incremental data replication between Provides flexible, space- and network-efficient site-to-site systems: synchronous or asynchronous mirroring for disaster recovery and data distribution

SnapMover® Enables rapid reassignment of disks between controllers Enables fast, nondisruptive load balancing within an within a system without disruption active-active controller system

SnapRestore® Rapidly restores single files, directories, or entire LUNs Enables near-instantaneous recovery of files, databases, and volumes from any Snapshot backup and complete volumes

Snapshot Makes incremental, data-in-place, point-in-time copies of Enables frequent, nondisruptive, space-efficient, and quickly a LUN or volume with minimal performance impact restorable backups

SnapValidator® Maximizes data integrity for Oracle® Databases Enhances Oracle Database resiliency in compliance with Oracle HARD initiative

SnapVault Exports Snapshot copies to another NetApp system, Enables cost-effective, long-term retention of rapidly providing an incremental block-level backup solution restorable disk-based backups

SyncMirror® Maintains two online copies of data with RAID-DP Protects against all types of hardware outages, including protection on each side of the mirror triple disk failure

VFM® Virtualizes multiple Windows and UNIX file servers into a Provides automated, nondisruptive capacity expansion, (Virtual File Manager™) single logical pool of storage (namespace) data replication, and data management across heteroge- neous file server environments

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