… And New FAS V6220, 6250 and 6290, Up to 5.8PB With 1,440 Drives

NetApp, Inc. introduced high-end storage systems – the FAS/V6220, FAS6250, and FAS6290 – to address the demanding performance and capacity requirements of enterprise organizations.

They deliver increased performance and value, enabling IT operations to achieve a greater ROI while delivering HA and scale for organizations’ stringent application workloads. Optimized for the NetApp flash portfolio, the FAS6200 platform and related V-Series offerings remove compromise from consideration when organizations evaluate their IT and business imperatives, delivering impact faster.

Highlights:

• The FAS/V6200 series has been updated to deliver improved performance and value for customers with a proven platform for hosting business critical applications.
• With this announcement, NetApp strengthens its enterprise performance for both SAN and NAS.
• All models flash offerings, which increases IOPS over 80% and reduces latency by up to 90%.
• The FAS and V-Series platforms are designed for 99.999% or greater availability and leverage clustered Data ONTAP for nondisruptive operations even during upgrades.
• They deliver agility for organizations to respond to changing needs while delivering scale to over 65PB.

"Enterprises need storage and data management solutions that have the scalability for short-term efficiencies and long-term growth," said Brendon Howe, VP, product and solutions marketing, NetApp. "NetApp’s FAS storage platforms and integrated flash portfolio are architected for mission-critical SAN and NAS environments to deliver agility at scale, nonstop operations, and ease of management. These systems have the performance and scale for virtualized and cloud environments, enabling IT administrators to make the appropriate infrastructure decisions, whether it is on-premise or in the cloud."