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.
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.
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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