Sydney, AUSTRALIA - 13 May 2010
- As Microsoft SharePoint Server adoption continues to
grow, customers are faced with the challenge of managing and
storing increasing amounts of data while maintaining the
flexibility and scalability required for smooth business
operations. With the enhanced collaboration capabilities that
Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2010 delivers, storage
demands are expected to continue to increase. NetApp (NASDAQ:
NTAP), the 2009 Microsoft Storage Solutions Partner of the year,
today unveiled comprehensive storage solutions to help customers
make a smooth transition to SharePoint 2010, including NetApp
SnapManager 6.0 for Microsoft SharePoint 2010.
"Microsoft is excited that valued partners
like NetApp are supporting SharePoint Server 2010," said Jared
Spataro, director of Product Management for SharePoint at Microsoft
Corp. "NetApp storage and data management solutions enable
customers to easily transition data to SharePoint Server 2010 to
take advantage of the features and capabilities that it provides.
NetApp offers a flexible, efficient, and reliable storage
infrastructure to support large and growing SharePoint Server 2010
environments."
NetApp SnapManager 6.0 provides SharePoint
Server 2010 customers with policy-based management of their data,
allowing them to automatically place data files based on location,
size, or type in lower-cost SATA storage. This enables customers to
optimise their storage resources and reduce storage costs.
SnapManager 6.0 also allows SharePoint Server
2010 customers to manage their expanded data, which can include
Server Message Block (SMB) shares and Microsoft Exchange public
folder data, on NetApp's unified storage architecture for improved
storage efficiencies. Management of this data is transparent,
enabling customers to leverage the same SharePoint Server interface
they are comfortable with to access, share, and utilise data
without regard to where it is physically stored.
As the scope of content managed within
SharePoint grows, SnapManager 6.0 is able to help customers manage
storage requirements. SnapManager 6.0 supports Remote BLOB Storage
(RBS), allowing customers to store and manage content objects
outside of Microsoft SQL Server for improved scalability and
flexibility. This support builds on SnapManager 5.0's ability to
manage External BLOB Storage (EBS) in SharePoint Server 2007 SP1
environments.
NetApp support for SharePoint Server 2010
also extends to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, the underlying
database for SharePoint Server. NetApp SnapManager for SQL Server
provides customers with high-availability and also helps database
administrators backup and restore, as well as clone production SQL
Server databases in seconds, resulting in improved application
availability.
"We're seeing a continued explosion in the
amount of data that customers are storing in their Microsoft
SharePoint Server environments," said Patrick Rogers, vice
president of Solutions and Alliances for NetApp. "NetApp storage
solutions for SharePoint Server 2010 provide customers with the
scalability required to meet their growing needs while at the same
time delivering industry-leading storage efficiencies. These
solutions also build on our longstanding commitment with Microsoft
to provide our mutual customers with solutions that deliver
unmatched value, outstanding performance and a superior customer
experience."
NetApp Professional Services and its service
partners provide customers with a comprehensive range of services
to help enterprise customers assess their current environment, and
then plan, design, and deploy the storage and data management
solution they need to support their SharePoint Server 2010
environments.
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Pricing and
Availability
All customer pricing for offerings described in this release is
available from NetApp sales and reseller partners. NetApp
SnapManager 6.0 for Microsoft SharePoint 2010 will be available by
August 2010.
About NetApp
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that accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost
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