The NetApp FAS3040 filer is the new mid-range model in the FAS3000 series featuring a 64-bit controller
architecture and up to 126TB of storage, making it ideal for small- to
mid-sized datacentre, departmental and business applications.
As part of the unified NetApp architecture, FAS3040
filers support file services, FC SAN, IP SAN, and multiple network
configurations, while offering scalability to higher performance systems
with seamless, painless upgrades without requiring the "forklift" data
migration needed by most other offerings currently on the market.
FAS3000 SERIES ENTERPRISE STORAGE SYSTEMS
Versatile, scalable, reliable storage systems with exceptional value for both SAN and NAS applications and consolidations.
THE CHALLENGE:
Managing Data for Maximum
Business Advantage
Expectations are high for IT professionals to manage, protect, and use data for maximum business advantage. And they must do this while delivering high levels of service, holding down costs, meeting regulatory requirements, and adapting to continuous change.
These requirements call for networked storage systems that can consolidate data from multiple sources for use by many
applications. New enterprise storage systems must provide high levels of application availability, scale with ease, improve
IT staff productivity, and deliver high performance while reducing overall costs.
THE SOLUTION:
NetApp FAS3000 Series
The NetApp FAS3000 series delivers outstanding value through excellent performance, best-in-class scalability, and proven lower TCO than other midrange storage systems.
These enterprise storage systems have the versatility to simultaneously meet diverse needs SAN and NAS, primary and secondary storage while providing high levels of availability. The FAS3000 systems handle complex requirements in a way that actually simplifies the storage infrastructure and improves productivity.
The FAS3000 series is fully compatible with the broad family of NetApp FAS systems, which meet a range of storage needs, from small remote office and departmental applications through the largest enterprise applications and consolidations.
HIGH PERFORMANCE, HIGH
AVAILABILITY, AND OUTSTANDING
VALUE
Performance
The NetApp FAS3000 series delivers excellent performance, whether the storage need is for SAN-based business applications, technical applications, or home directories. With large cache memory configurations, expandable high-performance I/O, 4-gigabit FC SAN support, and support for 10- Gigabit Ethernet, the FAS3000 systems deliver exceptional midrange systems performance.
Availability
Achieve superior application availability with FAS3000 systems via Snapshot™ copies, storage resiliency features, and disaster recovery options. Low-overhead Snapshot technology enables file- or application-level recovery in minutes,
not hours, after human error or an application failure. A comprehensive set of storage resiliency features, including RAID-DP™ (the NetApp high-performance implementation of RAID 6,) ensures that FAS3000 storage systems are always up and running. And NetApp offers a suite of disaster recovery products for protection against catastrophic events.
Outstanding Value
Network Appliance delivers outstanding value with the FAS3000 series by reducing costs in all aspects of storage ownership. The superior protection of RAID-DP gives NetApp the unique ability to leverage large, low-cost SATA disk drives for production applications. FlexVol and FlexClone™, features of Data ONTAP 7G, maximize storage utilization and provide unmatched management simplicity that dramatically reduces administrative costs.