NetApp Delivers More Efficient, Affordable Enterprise-Grade All-Flash Storage - Seite 2

Customers can order AFF systems in standalone configurations and in FlexPod converged infrastructure validated designs. AFF offers NetApp channel partners an easy way to help customers transition to hybrid cloud at their own pace, without the risk of investing in unproven flash platforms.

Announcement highlights include:

• Flash for the price of disk. AFF systems now support 3.8 terabyte solid state drives, making NetApp one of the early adopters of this new form factor. When combined with NetApp's storage efficiency technologies, customers realize a lower $/GB cost, essentially giving them the performance of flash for the price of disk².
• New release of NetApp clustered Data ONTAP® software, the only storage operating system that supports seamless data movement across flash, disk and cloud resources. This version offers customers:
  • Inline dedupe. NetApp now offers new inline deduplication capabilities for AFF, which complement existing inline compression, post processing deduplication, and other storage efficiency technologies. These provide more effective use and extend the life of flash media, especially for customers with VDI workloads. In storage test scenarios, NetApp has demonstrated the ability to reduce capacity requirements by as much as 30:1, enabling customers to transition to flash using less storage and driving down overall cost.
  • Copy-free transition. This capability allows customers to shift to clustered Data ONTAP with in-place data conversion. Doing so enables an easy transition to the onramp for Data Fabric and NetApp's advanced data protection solutions for hybrid cloud. (See related data protection news also announced today: http://www.netapp.com/us/company/news/press-releases/news-rel-20151119-338859.aspx.)  
• Extension of 3X Performance Guarantee. NetApp has extended to additional countries its guarantee of 3X increase in enterprise database performance, compared to that of traditional, non-flash disk-based. Selected All Flash FlexPod systems are also now included in the program, which is available in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Israel, Sweden, Japan, Australia, India, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. For more information, go to http://nt-ap.com/1POfIIE.

In addition, customers and NetApp partners can take advantage of the extended support, no-risk try-and buy, and free controller upgrade programs introduced earlier this year. Professional services, delivered by NetApp or its partners, help users identify workloads that are best served by all-flash systems, as well as identify bottlenecks in users' existing environments.