Network Appliance unveils unified storage solutions

MUMBAI: Network Appliance has announced a new unified storage platform, FAS 900 series. This series is company's new flagship offering for storage performance and scalability. And with software updates, the FAS series is also the company's first storage appliance to support Fibre channel SAN environment enabling it to deliver unified storage engine capable of handling networked storage in SAN and NAS mode.

Anil Jain, Managing Director, Network Appliance India Pvt. Ltd., said, "With NetApp’s new enterprise solutions, customers will have the ability to architect an integrated and unified storage solution that allows them to manage and access information throughout their enterprise using the same platform to access NAS, SAN, and direct-attached storage.

This is important because it further maximizes their IT operations and contributes to driving down overall software development costs." The company also unveiled new professional services to expand its enterprise service portfolio. These products and services will allow Network Appliance to offer customers the range of compatible storage solutions designed to handle all types of storage configurations.

With Fibre Channel protocols, the FAS900-FCP series has already achieved inclusion on the Hardware Compatibility List for Microsoft, and the product has been well received among customers running Microsoft enterprise applications. Network Appliance is also extending its enterprise services portfolio with three new services packages



and a new nine-step consulting methodology with corresponding professional services.

These services are designed to help customers implement SAN solutions in a fast, simple, and reliable way and to



provide an integrated ‘Total Solution' approach to customer SAN deployments.