| Data compression |
- Transparent inline data compression can store more data in less space, reducing the amount of storage you need to purchase and maintain.
- Reduces the time and bandwidth required to replicate data during volume SnapMirror transfers
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| Deduplication |
- Performs block-level data deduplication on NearStore data volumes
- Scans and deduplicates volume data automatically, resulting in fast, efficient space savings with minimal impact on operations
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| Data ONTAP |
- Provides full-featured and multiprotocol data management for both block and file serving environments through N series storage operating system
- Simplifies data management through single architecture and user interface, and reduces costs for SAN and NAS deployment.
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| Disk sanitization |
- Obliterates data by overwriting disks with specified byte patterns or random data
- Prevents recovery of current data by any known recovery methods
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| FlexCache |
- Creates a flexible 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
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| FlexClone |
- Provides near-instant creation of LUN and volume clones without requiring additional storage capacity
- Accelerates test and development, and storage capacity savings
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| 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
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| FlexVol |
- Creates flexibly sized LUNs and volumes across a large pool of disks and one or more RAID groups
- Enables applications and users to get more space dynamically and nondisruptively without IT staff intervention. Enables more productive use of available storage and helps improve performance
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| Gateway |
- Supports attachment to IBM Enterprise Storage Server® (ESS) series, IBM XIV® Storage System®, IBM System Storage DS8000® and DS5000 series and a broad range of IBM, EMC, Hitachi, Fujitsu and HP storage subsystems.
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| MetroCluster |
- Offers an integrated high-availability/disaster-recovery solution for campus and metro-area deployments
- Ensures high data availability when a site failure occurs
- Supports Fibre Channel attached storage with SAN Fibre Channel switch; SAS attached storage with Fibre Channel -SAS bridge; or Gateway storage with SAN Fibre Channel switch
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| MultiStore |
- Partitions a storage system into multiple virtual storage appliances
- Enables secure consolidation of multiple domains and file servers
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| 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
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| OnCommand |
- Enables the consolidation and simplification of shared IT storage management by providing common management services, integration, security and role-based access controls delivering greater flexibility and efficiency
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| Operations manager |
- Manages multiple N series systems from a single administrative console
- Speeds deployment and consolidated management of multiple N series systems
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| Performance Acceleration Module (Flash Cache) |
- Improves throughput, and reduces latency for file services and other random read intensive workloads
- Offers power savings by consuming less power than adding more disk drives to optimize performance
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| RAID-DP |
- Offers double parity bit RAID protection (N series RAID 6 implementation)
- Protects against data loss due to double disk failures and media bit errors occurring during drive rebuild processes
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| 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
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| 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 with SMBR, compared to hours with traditional methods, eliminating the need for staff-intensive, complex, and time-consuming Exchange server and mailbox recovery
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| SnapDrive |
- Provides host-based data management of N series storage from Microsoft Windows, UNIX, and Linux servers
- Simplifies host-consistent Snapshot copy creation and automates error-free restores
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| SnapLock |
- Write-protects structured application data files within a volume to provide WORM disk storage
- Provides storage enabling compliance with government records retention regulations
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| 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
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| SnapMirror |
- Enables automatic, incremental data replication between synchronous or asynchronous systems
- Provides flexible, efficient site-to-site mirroring for disaster recovery and data distribution
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| SnapMover |
- Enables rapid reassignment of disks between controllers within a system without disruption
- Enables fast, nondisruptive load balancing within an active-active controller system
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| SnapRestore |
- Restores single files, directories, or entire LUNs and volumes rapidly, from any Snapshot backup
- Enables near-instant recovery of files, databases and complete volumes
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| 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
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| SnapValidator |
- Maximizes data integrity for Oracle databases
- Enhances Oracle database resiliency in compliance with Oracle HARD initiative
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| 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
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| Storage Encryption |
- Provides support for Full Disk Encryption (FDE) drives in N series disk shelf storage and integration with License Key Managers, including IBM Tivoli® License Key Manager (TLKM)
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| 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
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| Gateway |
- Reduce data management complexity in heterogeneous storage environments for data protection and retention
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| Software bundles* |
- Provides flexibility to take advantage of breakthrough capabilities, while maximizing value with a considerable discount
- Simplifies ordering of combinations of software features: Windows Bundle, Complete Bundle and Virtual Bundle
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