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NetApp unifies SAN and NAS with FAS 900 series

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Network Appliance has announced a new unified storage platform, FAS 900

series. This series is company’s new flagship offering for storage performance

and scalability. And with software updates, the FAS series is also the company’s

first storage appliance to support Fibre channel SAN environment enabling it to

deliver unified storage engine capable of handling networked storage in both SAN

and NAS mode.

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Anal Jain, MD, Network Appliance India said, "With NetApp’s new

enterprise solutions, customers will have the ability to architect an integrated

and unified storage solution that allows them to manage and access information

throughout their enterprise using the same platform to access NAS, SAN, and

direct-attached storage. This is important because it further maximizes their IT

operations and contributes to driving down overall software development

costs."

Anal

Jain:
Unified storage

solutions will bring down cost

The company also unveiled new professional services to expand its enterprise

service portfolio. These products and services will allow Network Appliance to

offer customers the range of compatible storage solutions designed to handle all

types of storage configurations.

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With Fibre Channel protocols, the FAS900-FCP series has already achieved

inclusion on the Hardware Compatibility List for Microsoft, and the product has

been well received among customers running Microsoft enterprise applications.

Network Appliance is also extending its enterprise services portfolio with

three new services packages and a new nine-step consulting methodology with

corresponding professional services. These services are designed to help

customers implement SAN solutions in a fast, simple, and reliable way and to

provide an integrated ‘Total Solution’ approach to customer SAN

deployments.

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