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| Software | Description | Benefit |
|---|---|---|
| Deduplication | Performs block-level data deduplication on NearStore data volumes | Scans and deduplicates volume data automatically, resulting in immediate space savings with minimal impact on operations |
| Data ONTAP | Provides full-featured and unified data management for both block and file serving environments | Simplifies data management and reduces costs for SAN and NAS deployment with single architecture and user interface |
| FlexCache | Creates a flexible, horizontally scalable caching layer within your storage infrastructure that automatically adapts to changing usage patterns to eliminate bottlenecks | Improves application response times for large compute farms, speeds data access for remote users, or creates a tiered storage infrastructure that circumvents tedious data management tasks |
| FlexClone | Creates LUN and volume clones instantaneously without requiring additional storage | Accelerates test and development and storage capacity savings |
| FlexShare | Prioritizes storage resource allocation to highest value workloads on a heavily loaded system | Ensures that best performance is provided to designated high-priority applications |
| FlexVol | Creates flexibly sized LUNs and volumes across a large pool of disks and one or more RAID groups | Allows applications and users to get more space dynamically and nondisruptively without IT staff intervention. Enables more productive use of available storage and improves performance |
| MetroCluster | Provides an integrated high-availability/disaster recovery solution for campus and metro-area deployments | Ensures high data availability when a site failure occurs |
| MultiStore | Partitions a storage system into multiple virtual storage appliances | Enables secure consolidation of multiple domains and file servers |
| NearStore (near-line) | Increases the maximum number of concurrent data streams (per storage controller) | Enhances backup, data protection and disaster preparedness by increasing the number of concurrent data streams between two N series systems |
| Operations Manager | Manages multiple N series systems from a single administrative console | Speeds deployment and consolidated management of multiple N series systems |
| Protection Manager | Provides backup and replication management software for N series disk-to-disk environments | Improves productivity through automation of data protection tasks; delivers higher assurance of data protection than with manual execution of tasks |
| Provisioning Manager | Allows administrators to apply consistent data set provisioning policies across the enterprise, automates complex provisioning processes, checks policy conformance and pool storage resources for higher use | Simplifies storage provisioning with policy-based automation, ensuring that the provisioning process is repeatable, scalable and auditable, while mitigating the risk of data loss due to misconfigured storage |
| System Manager2 | Manages a single N series storage system from a single administrative console | Provides system setup and configuration management for fast deployment of a single N series system |
| SecureAdmin | Authenticates both the administrative user and the N series system, creating a secure, direct communication link to the N series system | Protects administrative logins, passwords, and session commands from “cleartext” snooping by replacing RSH and telnet with the strongly encrypted SSH protocol |
| Single Mailbox Recovery for Exchange (SMBR) | Enables the recovery of a single mailbox from a Microsoft Exchange Information Store | Extracts a single mailbox or email directly in minutes compared to hours with traditional methods. Eliminate the need for IT staff-intensive, complex and time-consuming exchange server and mailbox recovery |
| SnapDrive | Provides host-based data management of N series storage from Windows, UNIX and Linux servers | Simplifies host-consistent Snapshot copy creation and automates error-free restores |
| SnapLock | Write-protects structured application data files in a volume to provide WORM disk storage | Provides storage enabling compliance with government records retention regulations |
| SnapManager | Provides host-based data management of N series storage for databases and business applications | Simplifies application-consistent Snapshot copies, automates error-free data restores and enables application-aware disaster recovery |
| SnapMirror | Enables automatic, incremental data replication between systems: synchronous or asynchronous | Provides flexible, space- and network-efficient site-to-site mirroring for disaster recovery and data distribution |
| SnapMover | Enables rapid reassignment of disks between controllers in a system without disruption | Enables fast, nondisruptive load balancing in an active/active controller system |
| SnapRestore | Restores single files, directories, or entire LUNs and volumes from any Snapshot backup | Enables near-instantaneous recovery of files, databases and complete volumes |
| Snapshot | Makes incremental, data-in-place, point-in-time copies of a LUN or volume with minimal performance impact | Enables frequent, nondisruptive, space-efficient and quickly restorable backups |
| SnapValidator | Maximizes data integrity for Oracle databases | Enhances Oracle Database resiliency in compliance with Oracle HARD initiative |
| SnapVault | Exports Snapshot copies to another N series system, providing an incremental block-level backup solution | Enables cost-effective, long-term retention of rapidly restorable disk-based backups |
| SyncMirror | Maintains two online copies of data with RAID-DP protection on each side of the mirror | Protects against all types of hardware outages, including triple disk failure |
| Software Bundles | Simplifies ordering of combinations of software features. | Provides flexibility to take advantage of breakthrough capabilities, while maximizing value with a considerable discount |
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