High availability—Uses proven features including a high-performing and scalable operating system, data management software and redundancy features
Heterogeneous storage access—Designed to provide networked storage capable of consolidating NAS and iSCSI storage requirements
FCP support—Designed for operation in Fibre Channel SAN environments
Instant backup and instant recovery—Supports disk-based backup, with file or application-level recovery in seconds with Snapshot™ and SnapRestore® software features
Simple replication and disaster recovery—Designed to provide an easy-to-deploy mirroring solution that is highly tolerant of WAN interruptions
Management simplicity—Designed to enable on-the-fly provisioning; self-diagnosing systems with automated replacement parts delivery; self-service file recovery for end users
Cost effective—FlexVol® can double storage utilization, and both block and file storage can be consolidated into a single affordable system
The challenge: Support cost-effective, enterprise-class storage
Corporate workgroups, distributed enterprises and small-to-medium-sized companies increasingly seek to network and consolidate storage to improve availability, share information, reduce costs and protect and secure information. These organizations require enterprise-class solutions that are capable of addressing immediate storage needs cost-effectively while providing an upgrade path for future requirements. Ideally, IT managers would like a maximum degree of flexibility to design the architecture that best supports the requirements of multiple types of data and a broad range of applications.
The solution: IBM System Storage N3700 storage system
IBM System Storage™ N3700 is designed to offer you fast data access with extremely low maintenance requirements for a highly capable data storage solution. The N3700 filer integrates storage and storage processing into a single unit, facilitating affordable network deployments. These advanced storage systems use a proven storage architecture and offer standard IBM System Storage N series elements, including integrated I/O, high availability via clustering and Fibre Channel and/or SATA disk drives. IBM System Storage N3700 models are designed to integrate easily into existing IT environments to deliver unified storage for organizations with NAS, IP SAN via iSCSI protocols, FC SAN via FCP protocols, or combined environments, making enterprise-level storage a realistic goal for company sites regardless of size or staffing.
Common features
Hardware summary
8 TB maximum volume size
Data ONTAP® software
Upgrade up to 16.8 TB of physical capacity while avoiding service disruption
File and block-level service in a single system
Broad range of built-in features
Fibre Channel disk drives
Multiple supported backup methods including disk- and host-based backup and tape backup to direct, SAN and GbE-attached tape devices
Up to 16.8 TB raw storage capacity
1 GB to 2 GB ECC memory
128 MB to 256 MB nonvolatile memory
Available in 19" rack-mount configurations
Redundant hot-plug power supplies and cooling
Two integrated full duplex 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports per N3700 controller
