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Overview:
Key Point
- Virtualize existing arrays to create software-defined storage.
- Simplify operations and eliminate sources of downtime.
- Streamline migration with foreign LUN import.
- Manage data across private public and hybrid clouds.
- Reduce storage needs by 35% get full ROI in nine months.
Increase the flexibility and ROI of your existing arrays with the industry&rsquos only unified storage virtualization platform.
NetApp FlexArray software virtualizes your existing EMC HP Hitachi and NetApp E-Series arrays to streamline operations and achieve the competitive advantage your enterprise needs.
- Unify and simplify IT operations. Expand support to both SAN and NAS workloads. A software-defined storage infrastructure simplifies and accelerates provisioning and data management.
- Deliver proven efficiency and ROI. Reduce capacity requirements on existing arrays by more than 35%. Increase usable storage capacity for a greater return on assets. Transform your existing arrays to create storage that spans private public and hybrid clouds.
- Provide superior storage functionality and performance. Eliminate planned downtime and perform maintenance tasks during business hours. Deliver continuous data availability for critical applications.
FlexArray runs on the FAS8020 FAS8040 FAS8060 and FAS8080 EX systems. Purchase and activate FlexArray at any time.
Expanding IT capabilities while reducing complexity
You have made substantial investments in your existing infrastructure but IT requirements are changing. You&rsquore being asked to increase uptime improve application performance and consider new cloud strategies. You would like to satisfy these operational requirements with the storage you already own but unfortunately many platforms cannot extend to meet new IT requirements. Adding new data storage architectures to your environment is one way to solve this challenge. But that creates silos of storage that increase complexity and retiring existing storage assets can be costly.
NetApp FlexArray Virtualization Software
Simplify your IT operations and deliver more value from existing investments with the only unified storage virtualization solution. NetApp FlexArray virtualization software enables FAS8000 systems to virtualize existing EMC HP Hitachi and NetApp E-Series arrays. This creates a single storage management architecture that overcomes the limitations of existing arrays expands the capabilities of your IT infrastructure and delivers the benefits of software-defined storage.
FlexArray software helps meet your changing business requirements through increased uptime with nondisruptive operations and continuous data availability superior cost control with proven efficiency technologies and improved performance with flash acceleration&mdashall with the advantages of the NetApp Data ONTAP operating system. Clustered Data ONTAP provides the data control you need in a single platform that spans private public and hybrid clouds.
Key Benefits
- Do More with Your Existing Storage
Deliver advanced data management and softwaredefined storage capabilities. - Unify SAN and NAS
Serve a broader range of SAN and NAS workloads without complex add-on components. - Eliminate Downtime
Perform maintenance and updates with no disruption provide continuous data availability for mission-critical applications. - Enable Cloud Deployments
Manage and maintain control of your data across private public and hybrid clouds. - Simplify IT Operations
Move data easily from older storage and standardize storage management. - Deliver Proven Storage Efficiency
Reduce storage needs by 35% or more and get full ROI in nine months&mdashguaranteed.*
How NetApp FlexArray Works
FlexArray connects your existing storage arrays to FAS8000 controllers by using a Fibre Channel SAN. Array LUNs are provisioned to the FAS8000 and collected into a storage pool from which NetApp volumes are created and shared out to SAN hosts and NAS clients. Foreign LUN Import simplifies the process of transitioning existing data to the FlexArray environment.
The new volumes managed by the FAS8000 benefit from the full suite of NetApp capabilities such as Integrated Data Protection and storage efficiency. You can provision the entire array to the FAS8000 or allow some hosts to continue to access the array directly.
FlexArray gives you the flexibility to add new capacity either to existing arrays or to NetApp FAS disk shelves (SSDs and HDDs). When you&rsquore ready to retire older storage arrays you can simply move data to disk shelves on the FAS8000 with no user or application disruptions.
FAS8000 storage systems are engineered to deliver high performance and quickly adapt to evolving IT models. Powered by Data ONTAP and optimized for scale-out the FAS8000 series has the flexibility to keep up with changing business needs while delivering on core IT requirements for uptime scalability and cost efficiency. Plus FAS8000 systems with FlexArray can be deployed in FlexPod converged infrastructure solutions integrating your existing arrays with best-in-class NetApp and Cisco components in a validated enterprise-class IT platform.
FlexArray on FAS8000 delivers virtualization capabilities similar to those of the NetApp V-Series open storage controller that customers have been successfully deploying for over 10 years. Rather than requiring a separate hardware platform FlexArray software has the advantage of being installable at any time either at initial system purchase or after a FAS8000 has been deployed.
How FlexArray on FAS8000 works.
Get More Business Value with Services
Whether you are planning your nextgeneration environment need specialized know-how for a major deployment or want to get the most from your current storage NetApp and our certified partners can help.
We collaborate with you to enhance your IT capabilities through a full portfolio of services that covers your IT lifecycle with:
- Strategy services&mdashto align IT with your business goals
- Design services&mdashto architect your best storage environment
- Deploy and transition services&mdash to implement validated architectures and prepare your storage environment
- Operations services&mdashto deliver continuous operations while driving operational excellence and efficiency
In addition NetApp provides in-depth knowledge transfer and education services that give you access to our global technical resources and intellectual property.
Benefits:
Simplify IT operations and improve productivity
FlexArray has the flexibility to serve both SAN and NAS protocols at the same time without any complex add-on components making the FAS8000 the ideal storage virtualization platform. You can serve NAS workloads from your existing SAN array or support additional SAN protocols.
When existing storage is virtualized by FlexArray you create a single storage management architecture with an easyto-learn set of tools for provisioning performance management and data protection that is tightly integrated with application providers such as Microsoft VMware Oracle and others. NetApp backup recovery and replication options protect your data. NetApp MetroCluster software can deliver continuous data availability for your most critical applications.
Full software-defined storage capabilities can be used to automate all provisioning and data management tasks. REST APIs let you initiate tasks through your existing management tools or directly from applications. Your IT team can reduce operational overhead and spend less time on day-to-day tasks such as backup and disaster recovery.
Eliminate planned downtime
With IT now integral to your business the impact of downtime goes beyond dollars or productivity lost. Data ONTAP nondisruptive operations capabilities eliminate the need for outages during upgrades component replacements capacity additions and other activities. Essential tasks&mdasheven full storage refreshes&mdashcan occur during normal business hours without affecting applications or users.
Provide an on-ramp to the cloud
Your current storage arrays may be unable to effectively span private public and hybrid clouds. FlexArray software eliminates these constraints by incorporating your storage under Data ONTAP delivering best-in-class data management and control for the cloud. Your storage can become part of a private cloud using options such as OpenStack or Microsoft Private Cloud. FlexArray and the FAS8000 extend the reach of your business by connecting with cloud services including:
- Hundreds of cloud service providers who have built their services on NetApp
- NetApp Cloud ONTAP&mdashData ONTAP software running in the cloud
- Our suite of NetApp Private Storage for Cloud offerings delivering superior I/O performance and data security
Accelerate a broad range of workloads with flash
FlexArray hybrid storage configurations boost the throughput of your existing storage decrease latency and meet service-level agreements. Data ONTAP and the FAS8000 simplify flash management delivering the full potential of both SSDs and HDDs.
Flash can be configured as persistent storage in NetApp FAS shelves or as self-managing hybrid storage with up to 144TB of cache per HA pair and 1.7PB per cluster.
Improve efficiency and return on investment
By using our leading storage efficiency technologies such as deduplication compression thin provisioning and space-efficient Snapshot copies you can dramatically increase disk utilization and reclaim stranded storage capacity.
This helps reduce pressure on storage budgets and increases total return on investment. Virtual server and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments benefit significantly from NetApp efficiency improvements. These environments have a high degree of duplication with dozens or even hundreds of copies of the same operating systems. NetApp guarantees at least a 35% reduction in storage requirements with FlexArray in virtualized environments.*
Get guaranteed savings
Your investment in NetApp storage virtualization will pay for itself in nine months or less or we will make up the difference.* This guarantee covers your FAS8000 system plus FlexArray software as well as the required software and support.
Supported Software:
FlexArray virtualization software supports a broad range of storage arrays protocols flash and scalable configurations.
| FlexArray Virtualization Software | Supported Configurations |
|---|---|
| FAS models | FAS8020 FAS8040 FAS8060 FAS8080 EX: Purchase and activate FlexArray at any time |
| Data ONTAP versions | Data ONTAP 8.2.1 and later (clustered Data ONTAP and 7-Mode) |
| Arrays | EMC HP Hitachi NetApp E-Series (see Interoperability Matrix Tool for details) Also supports NetApp FAS disk shelves (SSDs and HDDs) |
| Protocols | FC SAN FCoE iSCSI NFS CIFS/SMB |
| Additional software | Supports all Data ONTAP software except SnapLock Compliance (see FAS8000 for more details) |
| Number of disks plus array LUNs |
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| Flash portfolio | Flash Cache: With FAS8000/FlexArray plus storage arrays or NetApp FAS disk shelves Flash Pool: With FAS8000/FlexArray plus NetApp FAS disk shelves |
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You need to have a Return Authorization (RA) number before returning any products to HSSL Technologies.
For a hard copy of this form and a shipping label, please include your request in the form below.
You can also request an RA online by submitting an RA Request via email. Once you have provided HSSL Technologies with the appropriate information, we will contact you with an assigned RA number.
Defective or DOA Products
DOA or defective products are returned for REPLACEMENT ONLY with the same product/model. Deviations from this policy may result in a 20% Returns Processing Service Charge.
- Defective products must be in the original factory carton with all original packing materials.
- The Return Authorization number must be on the shipping label, not the carton. Please do not write on the carton.
- Returns must be shipped freight prepaid. Products received freight collect, without an RA number, or not approved for return will be refused.
- Return Authorization numbers are valid for fourteen (14) days only. Products returned after expiration will be refused.
- HSSL credits are based on the purchase price or current price, whichever is lower.
General Return Terms
You may return most new, unopened items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. We will also pay return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (e.g., you received an incorrect or defective item).
You should expect to receive your refund within approximately six weeks of giving your package to the return shipper. This period includes:
- 5–10 business days for us to receive your return from the shipper
- 3–5 business days for us to process your return
- 5–10 business days for your bank to process the refund
If you need to return an item, please Contact Us with your order number and product details. We will respond quickly with instructions for returning items from your order.
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