System Storage N series Gateway for SAN Storage Environments
| IBM System Storage N series software features at a glance | ||
|---|---|---|
| Software | Description | Benefit |
| Advanced Single Instance Storage | Performs block level data deduplication on NearStore data volumes | Volume data is automatically scanned and deduplicated, resulting in immediate space savings with minimal impact on operations |
| Data ONTAP | N series storage operating system providing full-featured and unified data management for both block and file serving environments | Single architecture and user interface simplify data management and reduce costs for SAN and NAS deployment |
| FlexCache | Creates a flexible, horizontally scalable caching layer within your storage infrastructure that automatically adapts to changing usage patterns to eliminate bottlenecks | 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 |
| FlexClone | Instantaneously creates LUN and volume clones without requiring additional storage | Accelerated 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. Can enable more productive use of available storage and helps improve performance. |
| MetroCluster | An integrated high-availability/disaster recovery solution for campus and metro-area deployments | Ensures high data availability when a site failure occurs |
| MultiStore | Securely 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 | Faster deployment and consolidated management of multiple N series systems |
| Protection Manager | Backup and replication management software for N series disk-to-disk environment | Improves productivity through automation of data protection tasks; delivers higher assurance of data protection than with manual execution of tasks by reducing human errors |
| Provisioning Manager | 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 | Policy-based automation simplifies storage provisioning, ensuring that the provisioning process is repeatable, scalable and auditable, while mitigating the risk of data loss due to misconfigured storage |
| System Manager* | Manages a single N series storage system from a single administrative console | 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 | Helps 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 | 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 |
| 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 within 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 within a system without disruption | Enables fast, nondisruptive load balancing within an active-active controller system |
| SnapRestore | Rapidly 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** | Simplified ordering of combinations of software features: Windows Bundle, Complete Bundle and Virtual Bundle | Provide flexibility to take advantage of breakthrough capabilities, while maximizing value with a considerable discount |
* System Manager only available for N6000
** Software bundles available for all N6000 Gateway models: N6040, N6060 and N6070
ACARDIA LIMITED 12th Floor, Ocean House, The Ring, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1AX. United Kingdom.
