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Network Appliance Unified Storage
Agenda
Introduction
Network Appliance
Unified Storage
Data Replication / Disaster Recovery
SnapMirror
MetroCluster
Examples
Simplifying Data Management
Network Appliance Today
Founded in 1992
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, CA
4,500 employees
Distribution in 100+ countries
Over 60,000 installed systems
$2.3 Billion Balance Sheet; $1.1 Billion cash
No long-term debt
S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100
All kinds of customers
Small-medium-large
High Growth in the Storage Market
Gartner Group Vendor Rating Comparisons
Unified Storage
True Unified Storage
NetApp® Storage Appliances
NetApp® Storage Appliances
NetApp® Functional Appliances
FAS200 Series – Front View
V-Series Product Line: 2005
A Fundamentally Simpler Approach
Unrivaled synergy: everything works together
Unique leverage: everything can do more
Simpler administration: one process works everywhere
Easier to deploy: less to learn means reduced training
Typical Data Center
Typical Data Center File Server -Consolidation
Typical Data Center NFS mounted databases
Typical Data Center iSAN (iSCSI) block access over IP
Typical Data Center FC-SAN
Typical Data Center Consolidated functionality
Backup – Snapshot™ (FREE)
Safe: Read-only, INSTANT “freeze framed” version of a filer’s file system at some past point in time
Efficient: Consumes “no” additional disk space until/unless filesystem changes
Accessible: End-users serve themselves via “special” subdirectories
Automated: Scheduled (hourly, daily, weekly) by the administrator or on-demand
Robust: Up to 255 Snapshots* per volume with no overhead
Example Consolidate Databases/Application data
Perform full backups in seconds using logical copies of data (SnapShot)
Example of additional functionality Rapid Access to Exchange Archive Data
Rapidly recover storage group, message, folder, or mailbox
From any location or media
From any logical Snap copy <256 copies
Exchange recovery environment not required
Advanced search capabilities
