NetApp unleashes its most powerful unified storage system

BANGALORE, INDIA: NetApp expands the unified storage systems line-up with  FAS8080 EX, which shrinks response times for the largest data sets and the new entry-level FAS2500 which extends performance and value leadership.

George Kurian, executive vice president, Product Operations, NetApp said: "Our unified scale-out FAS storage systems integrate the latest flash, networking, and processor technology innovations with the advanced storage and data management capabilities of the world's #1 branded storage operating system, Data ONTAP, to accelerate the performance of the most demanding business-critical applications. With today's introduction of our highest-performance FAS system ever and our best-value entry product family, we at NetApp provide enterprises and service providers with the opportunity to streamline and make their storage infrastructures substantially more efficient while building in the flexibility to rapidly respond to real-time business priorities."

Santhosh D' Souza, director- Systems Engineering, NetApp Marketing & Services Pvt. Ltd India said: "In February this year, we introduced the FAS8000 series, a family of storage systems that unified SAN, NAS and Storage Virtualization capabilities in a single hybrid array. Enterprises, Service Providers and Government Agencies across the world have embraced the FAS8000 architecture, and had asked for complementary capabilities at the highest end and the entry level. The FAS8080EX is the most powerful NetApp storage system yet and perfect for mission-critical application environments. The FAS2500 on the other hand extends our performance and value leadership at the entry level, delivering better price/performance characteristics. NetApp sees strong demand for both the new products across enterprises, SPs and government agencies. Core business applications, both transactional and decision support workloads, will particularly benefit from the FAS8080EX."

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