NTAP--Network Appliance Introduces New System Platform That Rewrites the Rules for Global IT Infrastructures
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2000--
First Products in ``End-to-End'' Strategy
NetApp® F840c, F840, and Data ONTAP(TM) 6.0 -- Take Scalability and Performance to New Heights for
Data-Intensive Enterprise Applications
Network Appliance, Inc. (Nasdaq:NTAP - news), the leading provider of network-attached data access and content management solutions, today unveiled its new system platform specifically designed to dramatically increase the scalability, reliability, and performance of global storage infrastructures.
The F840c and F840, combined with the next generation of Network Appliance's robust operating system Data ONTAP 6.0, are the first products enabling data access and content delivery solutions to scale from tens to hundreds or even thousands of terabytes of capacity based on interoperable appliance building blocks. They are also the first products unveiled in Network Appliance's ``end-to-end'' data management and content delivery strategy, which was announced in a separate press release on September 5, 2000.
Network Appliance developed this new system platform to address customer requirements for far larger and more robust storage network solutions. These products offer customers significantly greater capacity than previous NetApp solutions, and provide levels of data availability unmatched by any other storage network vendor. The platform is especially appealing for large global enterprises, content delivery networks (CDNs), Internet service providers (ISPs), application service providers (ASPs), and storage service providers (SSPs).
In effect, Network Appliance has dramatically changed how storage networks are deployed, enabling those customers with massive capacity environments to simplify, share, and scale their critical storage networking infrastructures. As an added benefit, customers can also substantially increase the performance of their mission-critical business applications such as database, collaborative, and home directory applications. In industry standard CIFS and NFS benchmark tests (NetBench 6.0 and SPEC SFS97), the F840c and F840 are the industry's highest performing dual- and single-processor configurations, ranking 2-3 times better performance in throughput and response time than competitors' offerings. Furthermore, these RAID-protected, single file system, results exhibit leading price/performance and lowest total cost of ownership in contrast to more complex systems.
``Network Appliance's innovative framework allows enterprises to deploy large global networks, and scale multiple terabytes of storage capacity,'' said Mark Santora, senior vice president of marketing at Network Appliance. ``Our individual products are intelligent building blocks, uniquely networked together, giving Network Appliance and our customers a competitive edge in scalability, reliability, and performance. Equally important, our new system platform interoperates within existing IT infrastructures, and seamlessly migrates to and incorporates emerging open storage network protocols and topologies such as NDMP and the recently announced Direct Access File System, or DAFS. Bottom line -- our new F840 system platform with Data ONTAP 6.0 is optimized for storage networking applications, empowering customers to scale their storage, enterprise, content delivery, and global networks -- without limits.''
Network Appliance is unveiling the following new products as part of this launch:
NetApp Filers:
F840c Clustered Enterprise Filer
Individual building block capacity to 12 terabytes(1)/8X increase
Active/active clustering and integrated failover
Maximized data availability for mission-critical environments
3.4X throughput performance increase to more than 25,900 SFS ops/sec at less than 1.6 ms overall response time (50% improvement)
3.9X NetBench throughput performance increase to more than 987 Mbits/sec
U.S. List Prices starting at $318,900 (w/CIFS, 504 GBs storage)
(1) Requires future Data ONTAP release
F840 Enterprise Filer
Individual building block capacity to 6 terabytes(2)/4X increase
Greater than 99.99% data availability
2X throughput performance increase to more than 15,200 SFS ops/sec at less than 1.6ms overall response time (50% improvement)
2X NetBench throughput performance increase to more than 503 Mbits/sec
U.S. List Prices starting at: $110,700 (w/CIFS, 126 GBs storage)
(2) Requires Data ONTAP 6.0.1
NetApp Software:
Data ONTAP 6.0
Network Appliance's most advanced software for scalable storage capacity
Enhanced data protection and maximum data availability
Intuitive graphical user interface for appliance and data management interoperable with leading framework application software packages
Mixed environments support for NFS, CIFS and HTTP delivering heterogeneous file sharing
Data ONTAP 6.0, Network Appliance's new operating system software for filer solutions, provides customers with increased storage capacity while delivering significant advances in system and storage network scalability as well as improved reliability and data integrity. The field-proven micro kernel incorporates new proactive subsystem monitoring and predictive reporting for new levels of data availability. Data protection enhancements include a 50% increase in Snapshot(TM) capabilities with an innovative design that makes file and data volume protection nearly instantaneous. Additionally, more robust LAN/WAN mirroring provides efficient replication and enhanced disaster recovery.
As with all NetApp solutions, service and support for the NetApp F840c, F840, and Data ONTAP 6.0 are available through the Network Appliance(TM) Availability Advantage(SM) service program. The NetApp F840c and F840 are bundled with the E-nabler 3-year warranty which includes NetApp On the Web (N.O.W.) access and next business day parts replacement in addition to 7x24 emergency telephone and 7x24 non-emergency Web support. Additional services are also available.
About Network Appliance
Network Appliance, Inc., a veteran in network file serving and caching, has been providing data access solutions since 1992, and is a member of both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 index. Major corporations and ISPs, including Lycos, Yahoo!, Citicorp Securities, Siemens, Lockheed, Cisco, Motorola, and Texas Instruments have deployed NetApp solutions. NetApp Internet caching solutions (NetCache(TM) appliances) and file servers (filers) deliver fast, simple, reliable, and cost-effective access to network-stored data and enable simultaneous shared file services for UNIX®, Windows NT®, and the World Wide Web.
The company pioneered the concept of the ``network appliance,'' an extension of the industry trend toward dedicated, specialized products that perform a single function. Network Appliance filers and NetCache appliances are based on the company's innovative data access software known as the Data ONTAP operating system and standards-compliant hardware.
Note to Editors: NetApp is a registered trademark and Network Appliance, NetCache, Snapshot, and Data ONTAP are trademarks of Network Appliance, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark in the U.S. and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.
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