FAS8000 Series – NetApp’s Flexible Unified Storage System

NetApp has introduced the new FAS8000 series which is currently NetApp’s most powerful storage system. There is superior I/O flexibility which prevents the need for complex upgrades. The FAS8000 helps NetApp users to efficiently manage data through a single storage and data management platform. More, the new Data ONTAP® help manage data through the cloud as well as improve data security and improved management of CIFS environments.

The FAS8000 Series responds to a business’ changing needs and is the first to unify SAN, NAS and storage virtualization into a single hybrid array. In fact, the FAS8000 Storage Systems helps to accelerate the use of virtualization applications. It is also Netapp’s first FAS platform that has been designed to optimize scale out deployments. There are a number of benefits to having FAS8000, including improved performance and flash acceleration benefits. There is also the Intel microarchitecture present (which was formerly known as Sandy Bridge before). Improved flash support and expanded memory helps deliver low latency performance as well.

All in all, the FAS8000 offers a high ROI for businesses and is an enterprise storage solution that can accelerate resource intensive applications.

NetApp has been offering storage solutions for quite some time now and is today, a leader in enterprise flash storage production as well. In fact, it has shipped over 75 PBs of flash storage till date and the flash portfolio helps enterprises achieve more with their existing resources.

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