NetApp Data ONTAP 8: Unified Storage Architecture

Supporting multiple network protocols, the NetApp Data ONTAP 8 storage platform helps consolidate mixed-IT environments.

In today's collaborative business environment, you need a unified storage platform to support the variety of applications in your organization. The NetApp® Data ONTAP® 8 storage operating system delivers native support for SAN and NAS storage workloads, including Fibre Channel, FCoE, and iSCSI, as well as the latest versions of NFS and SMB/CIFS network protocols. Data ONTAP 8 scales, regardless of protocol, from small to large systems using the same features and data management tools.

Data ONTAP 8 is ideal for your virtualized, UNIX®, Windows®, and Linux® environments, no matter how complex your data storage configuration. And Data ONTAP 8 features clustering capabilities that improve operational efficiency. You can focus on your applications and let clustered Data ONTAP handle the security and availability of your data.

Learn more about our unified storage architecture and how it can help you get the most out of your existing network storage investment:

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NetApp Unified Scale-Out Storage

This Silverton Consulting report details how our clustering software can help you scale.

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Building the next generation of Storage

Build your future services-enabled ecosystem with scale-out storage. This ESG white paper explains how.

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