Storage Management (SAN and NAS)

Storage requirements are ever increasing, more and more companies are opting for large disk storage areas on their networks in the form of SAN or NAS solutions.

Whether you require a large scale SAN with ISCSI/fibre channel connectivity or just a simple small scale network connected storage box; Bramatt Computing can remove the complication and advise on the best solutions for your requirements and future growth.

Bramatt Computing are specialists in the Netapp range of products. Further information on the Netapp 2000 series are detailed below.

NetApp provides simple and affordable primary storage, backup, data protection and disaster recovery solutions for Midsize Enterprises.

NetApp’s scalable FAS storage systems, the NetApp Manageability Software Family and solutions for Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint, as well as Oracle and VMware help customers manage and protect critical data.

As the leader in iSCSI-based IP SAN solutions, NetApp has helped companies leverage their existing IP network infrastructures for networked storage giving them an affordable SAN solution. NetApp makes it easy with differentiated solutions and easy to manage, simple to deploy data management products at compelling price points.

Key benefits of NetApp storage:

Gain enterprise-level reliability in a smaller and cost-effective package.
Integrate storage and processing into a single unit.
Cost-effective and reliable disaster recovery.
Manage and store applications and data using several standard protocols.
Slash your backup and restore times by half.
Simplify management through consolidation of virtualised server environments.

Products

With NetApp’s FAS2000 series you can manage your growing, complex data in dispersed departments or remote locations, add functionality with ease, and increase capacity by up to 104TB.

	FAS2000 The FAS2000 series offers best-in-class deployment versatility and connectivity to satisfy your data protection, recovery and storage virtualisation needs. Useful links: http://media.netapp.com/documents/fas2000.pdf
	FAS2020 The FAS2020 can be used for either centralised data centres or distributed remote offices/branch offices (ROBOs) that require lower total cost of ownership and the ability to replicate or back up data to larger FAS systems located in corporate data centres.
	FAS2040 The NEW FAS2040 stores up to 136TB of data and is ideal for higher performance or capacity needs for distributed or midsized enterprise, and sites that require more performance and higher capacity’
	FAS2050 The FAS2050 can scale up to 104 drives and 104TB of total storage.

FAS2000 SeriesOverview	FAS2020	FAS2040	FAS2050
Form factor	2U/12 Drive	2U/12 Drive	4U/20 Drive
Dual controllers	Yes	Yes	Yes

Maximum raw capacity Maximum disk drives	68TB 68	136TB 136	104TB 104
Maximum Ethernet ports	4	8	8*
Maximum Fibre Channel ports	4	4	8*
Onboard SAS port	No	2	4*
10Gbe support FCoE support Multipath Expansion	No No No	No No No	Yes* Yes* Yes*
Remote management	Yes	Yes	Yes
Storage protocols	FCP, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS	FCP, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS	FCP, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS

All specifications are for dual-controller, active-active configurations
* Combines integrated ports with I/O expansion cards

For more information around the NetApp FAS series, visit http://www.netapp.com/uk/products/storage-systems/

For any technical/sales information, email netapp@bramattcomputing.co.uk
or call 0845 643 2410