LONDON. UK.-Nov. 9,
2009-NetApp (NASDAQ: NTAP) today unveiled the new
NetApp® SnapManager® for Hyper-V™ and SnapManager
6.0 for Microsoft® Exchange Server to improve data backup and
recovery in Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 R2 and Microsoft
Exchange Server 2010 environments. In addition, NetApp SnapManager
for Microsoft SQL Server® and SnapManager for Microsoft
SharePoint® Server can now run on Windows Server 2008 R2,
enabling customers to take full advantage of NetApp's unique data
management capabilities in their physical and virtualised
environments.
NetApp, a Microsoft Global ISV and Gold
Certified Partner, and Microsoft Corporation are helping customers
build, manage, and maintain dynamic data center infrastructures
that enable new levels of efficiency, flexibility, and
productivity. NetApp has worked with Microsoft to develop tightly
integrated solutions, and in 2009 was selected as Microsoft 2009
Partner of the Year in the Advanced Infrastructure, Storage
Solutions category. NetApp solutions for Microsoft based
environments have been enhanced with the following new
products.
- SnapManager for Hyper-V- SnapManager for
Hyper-V enables automated, policy-based backup and recovery for
applications and services running on Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V
and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. The product can help
Microsoft customers eliminate backup bottlenecks, reduce human
error, and greatly minimise the interruption and performance impact
caused by traditional server-hosted backup and restore. In
addition, NetApp now enables Microsoft virtualisation customers to
dynamically expand or shrink volumes to reclaim unused storage
capacity in shared storage environments.
- SnapManager 6.0 for Microsoft Exchange Server-
SnapManager for Exchange Server can help reduce storage footprint
and increase operational efficiencies in the data center by
minimising the number of Exchange data copies that enterprise
customers need to deploy while continuing to provide
enterprise-class data protection. SnapManager for Exchange Server
now fully integrates single mailbox recovery capabilities to enable
Exchange administrators to offload routine e-mail restore
operations to help-desk personnel, helping to improve productivity
and reduce the time and cost associated with recovering e-mail.
SnapManager for Exchange Server is integrated with Microsoft Volume
Shadow Copy Services (VSS) technology to provide efficient and
flexible backup and to restore support for the new Microsoft
Exchange Server 2010 Database Availability Group (DAG)
architecture.
- ApplianceWatch PRO 2.0-NetApp's new
ApplianceWatch™ PRO 2.0 management pack offers customers
discovery, health monitoring, and performance monitoring of their
NetApp storage systems with Microsoft Systems Center Operations
Manager. ApplianceWatch PRO 2.0 also includes a separate management
pack that integrates NetApp storage controller knowledge with
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager to provide a
comprehensive virtualisation management solution. ApplianceWatch
PRO 2.0 enables administrators to easily manage storage systems in
virtual environments and offers automated resolution from the
System Center Virtual Machine Manager console.
"NetApp has solutions that deliver tremendous
cost savings and flexibility to our mutual customers," said Zane
Adam, general manager of Virtualisation and Management at Microsoft
Corp. "Cost and efficiency are critical to our customers, and
NetApp storage helps them improve control and reduce the risk of
implementing and managing virtualised environments."
"NetApp complements Microsoft virtualisation
solutions to help meet the most demanding uptime requirements of
physical and virtualised environments," said John Rollason,
Solutions Marketing Manager EMEA at NetApp. "Together, we provide
customers a compelling value proposition to help reduce costs and
deploy, manage, and maintain their complex infrastructures to get
the most value from their storage and server investments."
Pricing and
Availability
Pricing is available from NetApp direct sales or reseller partners.
SnapManager 6.0 for Exchange Server will be available in December
2009. SnapManager for Hyper-V and ApplianceWatch PRO 2.0 will be
available in Q1 CY10. Visit the
NetApp and Microsoft Solutions Partnership page to learn more
about how NetApp is helping Microsoft customers reach new levels of
efficiency, flexibility, and productivity in managing their complex
physical and virtualised infrastructures.
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