Infrastructure Solution

Reduced complexity and cost

netapp simplifies infrastructure and management requirements. NetApp® FCoE SAN solutions easily and cost effectively consolidate storage for distributed systems, delivering the ability to centrally coordinate administration and management, making valuable staff more effective.

With netapp, one storage platform, endless possibilities. NetApp FCoE SAN solutions leverage enhanced 10Gb Ethernet network technology with data center bridging (DCB) in order to deliver the performance and efficiency of Fibre Channel onto an Ethernet network. DCB offers the ability to consolidate IP data traffic, file and block, along with FCoE, onto a single network infrastructure, Ethernet. This can result in increased data center efficiency and ease of management.

netapp solutions steadfastly meet a variety of ongoing operational and budget needs. NetApp FCoE SAN solutions empower customers with a range of options (entry level to high end, primary to secondary systems), delivering the ability to scale from just a few TB to over 1PB and to incrementally add storage on demand,

in minutes, without downtime. Our industry-leading solutions use innovative space-saving technologies such as deduplication, thin provisioning, and RAID-DP® to help you effortlessly store your data on a much smaller footprint and at a fraction of the cost.

extensive partner community delivers peace of mind. Because all NetApp solutions are founded on a single platform and based on industry-standard protocols, NetApp FCoE SAN solutions fully interoperate with and easily integrate into enterprise environments. NetApp partners with the leaders in business applications, operating systems, infrastructure hardware vendors, and other enterprise software application providers to ensure interoperability and intelligent management.

With netapp, extending your investment begins on day 1. NetApp unified storage solutions support file and block protocols on the same storage system, including NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, and FC. And with the addition of FCoE, you can upgrade to a unified Ethernet storage network when the timing is right. Supported solutions can be upgraded to FCoE easily and without data movement. A single storage platform means that existing

investments in NetApp storage for use with NAS, iSCSI, or FC protocols can be retained while migrating to FCoE.

optimized data access and pRotection

improved performance translates to measurable netapp business value.10Gb Ethernet offers the bandwidth to satisfy the most demanding applications, such as server virtualization and transaction processing. Additionally, the high bandwidth allows improved sharing of resources with other data traffic, thereby increasing the use of network assets. The NetApp SAN architecture provides a flexible solution for changing application requirements.

comprehensive data protection.NetApp FCoE SAN solutions enable data protection to the entire enterprise application portfolio, securing all data types with NetApp Snapshot™ capabilities for automated, frequent, near-instantaneous application-level backups and rapid, immediately usable restores.

Top Reasons to Choose NetApp for FCoE SAN Solution

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Higher data availability and application uptime.With redundant storage components and multiple redundant paths, NetApp FCoE SAN solutions offer enterprise-class availability (99.999% or better field-measured reliability, validated by IDC1), permitting a higher degree of data availability and application uptime in enterprise environments. The flexible and modular NetApp design matches any application requirement for performance, availability, and budget.

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Benefit by purchasing Fcoe san from the leader in ethernet-based solutions.NetApp FCoE SAN solutions stand on more than a decade of Ethernet-based storage experience from one of the fastest growing FC SAN vendors, offering customers the benefits of a knowledgeable and reliable storage partner. As proof of our commitment to FCoE, NetApp has been an active participant in the development and marketing of the FCoE standard, and the first storage vendor to ship native FCoE.