• 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 Two integrated FC ports per NAS controller Diagnostic LEDs/OPS

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