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IBM System Storage N3000 Express series software features at a glance |
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| Advanced Single Instance Storage |
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Performs block level data de-duplication on NearStore® data volumes |
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Volume data is automatically scanned and deduplicated, resulting in immediate space savings with minimal impact on operations |
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| Data ONTAP® |
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N series storage operating system providing full-featured and unified data management for both block and file serving environments |
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Single architecture and user interface simplify data management and reduce costs for SAN and NAS deployment |
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| Disk Sanitization |
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The process of physically obliterating data by overwriting disks with specified byte patterns or random data |
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Helps prevents recovery of current data by any known recovery methods |
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| FlexCache™ |
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Creates a flexible, horizontally scalable caching layer within your storage infrastructure that automatically adapts to changing usage patterns to eliminate bottlenecks |
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Intended to improve application response times for large compute farms, speed data access for remote users, or create a tiered storage infrastructure that circumvents tedious data management tasks |
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| FlexClone® |
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Instantaneously creates LUN and volume clones without requiring additional storage |
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Accelerated test and development and storage capacity savings |
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| FlexShare™ |
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Prioritizes storage resource allocation to highest value workloads on a heavily loaded system |
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Ensures that best performance is provided to designated high-priority applications |
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| FlexVol® |
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Creates flexibly sized LUNs and volumes across a large pool of disks and one or more RAID groups |
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Fast, simple, and flexible storage provisioning and high-capacity utilization |
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| MultiStore® |
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Securely partitions a storage system into multiple virtual storage appliances |
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Enables secure consolidation of multiple domains and file servers |
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| NearStore (near-line) |
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Increases the maximum number of concurrent data streams (per storage controller) |
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Enhances backup, data protection and disaster preparedness by increasing the number of concurrent data streams between two N series systems |
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| Operations Manager |
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Manages multiple N series systems from a single administrative console |
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Faster deployment and consolidated management of multiple N series systems |
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| Protection Manager™ |
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Backup and replication management software for N series disk-to-disk environment |
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Improves productivity through automation of data protection tasks; delivers higher assurance of data protection than with manual execution of tasks by reducing human errors |
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| System Manager™ |
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Manages a single N series storage system from a single administrative console |
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System setup and configuration management for fast deployment of a single N series system |
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| Provisioning Manager |
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An easy-to-use application that allows administrators to apply consistent data set provisioning policies across the enterprise, automate complex provisioning processes, check policy conformance and pool storage resources for higher utilization |
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Policy-based automation simplifies storage provisioning, ensuring that the provisioning process is repeatable, scaleable and auditable, while mitigating the risk of data loss due to misconfigured storage |
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| RAID-DP™ |
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Double parity bit, RAID protection. (N series RAID 6 implementation) |
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Protects against data loss due to double disk failures, and media bit errors occurring during drive rebuild processes. |
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| SecureAdmin™ |
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Authenticates both the administrative user and the N series system, creating a secure, direct communication link to the N series system |
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Helps protects administrative logins, passwords, and session commands from "cleartext" snooping by replacing RSH and telnet with the strongly encrypted SSH protocol |
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| Single Mailbox Recovery for Exchange (SMBR) |
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Enables the recovery of a single mailbox from a Microsoft® Exchange Information Store |
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SMBR can extract a single mailbox or email directly in minutes compared to hours with traditional methods. Helps eliminate the need for IT staff intensive, complex and time-consuming exchange server and mailbox recovery for time-consuming |
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| SnapDrive® |
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Provides host-based data management of N series storage from Windows®, UNIX®, and Linux® servers |
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Simplifies host-consistent Snapshot™ copy creation and automates error-free restores |
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| SnapLock (requires Data ONTAP 7.2.5) |
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Write-protects structured application data files within a volume to provide WORM disk storage |
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Provides storage enabling compliance with government records retention regulations |
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| SnapManager® |
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Provides host-based data management of N series storage for databases and business applications |
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Simplifies application-consistent Snapshot copies, automates error-free data restores, and enables application-aware disaster recovery |
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| SnapMirror® |
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Enables automatic, incremental data replication between systems: synchronous or asynchronous |
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Provides flexible, space- and network-efficient site-to-site mirroring for disaster recovery and data distribution |
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| SnapMover® |
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Enables rapid reassignment of disks between controllers within a system without disruption |
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Enables fast, non-disruptive load balancing within an active-active controller system |
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| SnapRestore® |
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Rapidly restores single files, directories, or entire LUNs and volumes from any Snapshot backup |
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Enables near-instantaneous recovery of files, databases, and complete volumes |
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| Snapshot |
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Makes incremental, data-in-place, point-in-time copies of a LUN or volume with minimal performance impact |
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Enables frequent, non-disruptive, space-efficient, and quickly restorable backups |
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| SnapValidator® |
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Maximizes data integrity for Oracle® Databases |
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Enhances Oracle Database resiliency in compliance with Oracle HARD initiative |
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| SnapVault® |
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Exports Snapshot copies to another N series system, providing an incremental block-level backup solution |
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Enables cost-effective, long-term retention of rapidly restorable disk-based backups |
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| SyncMirror® |
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Maintains two online copies of data with RAID-DP protection on each side of the mirror |
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Protects against all types of hardware outages, including triple disk failure |
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| Software Packs |
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Simplified ordering of combinations of software features: Foundation Pack (SnapRestore, SnapVault Primary, Provisioning Manager), Protection Pack (SnapMirror, SnapVault Secondary, Protection Manager) and Advanced Pack (FlexClone, MultiStore, and SnapLock) |
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Provide flexibility to take advantage of breakthrough capabilities, while maximizing value with a considerable discount |
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