NetApp V-Series software lets you build flexible, efficient unified storage today as a foundation for future-ready IT.
The scalable, unified software of NetApp® data storage systems provides a common software environment for both NAS and SAN on all NetApp FAS and V-Series systems.
With NetApp software on V-Series systems, you can:
- Backup terabytes of application data in seconds and recover in minutes
- Reduce disk purchases by 50% or more through superior storage efficiency
- Manage two to three times more storage per administrator
- Reduce provisioning time by up to 90%
- Cut test and development time in half
Included standard with every V-Series system is Data ONTAP® Essentials, a set of powerful NetApp software products that delivers enterprise-class availability, secure multi-tenancy, high performance, superior storage efficiency, and select OnCommand™ data management software. Optional software products provide advanced capabilities such as instant data recovery, instant cloning, data replication, disk-to-disk backup, and application-aware backup and recovery.
Data ONTAP Essentials
The following software is included with every V-Series system, delivering superior value through greater IT efficiency and flexibility:
| NetApp V-Series |
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| Included Software | Data ONTAP Essentials: Efficiency: FlexVol®, deduplication, compression and thin provisioning Availability: Multipath I/O, MultiStore®, MetroCluster (7-mode environments only) Data protection: RAID-DP®, Snapshot™, NearStore® and Open Systems SnapVault® Performance: FlexShare®, FlexCache Management: OnCommand System Manager, OnCommand Unified Manager, Workflow Automation Data Protocols: One SAN or NAS protocol of your choice (iSCSI, FC, NFS, CIFS) is included with your system |
| Extended-Value Software (optional) |  |
| Software Description | SnapRestore: Fast restore of Snapshot copies in seconds SnapMirror: Simple, efficient and flexible disaster recovery SnapVault: Disk-to-disk backup software for complete backups and online archives to primary or secondary storage in minutes instead of hours or days FlexClone: Instant virtual copies of databases or virtual machines SnapManager Suite: Application and virtual machine aware backup, recovery and cloning Complete Bundle: All of the Extended Value software, together in a single bundle for all-inclusive convenience Premium Bundle: For clustered Data ONTAP deployments, includes the Extended Value software below in a single convenient bundle (excludes SnapVault) OnCommand® Balance for NetApp: Advanced analytics for physical and virtual environments (Note: not included in Complete Bundle) Storage Protocols: Native support for all key SAN/NAS protocols (iSCSI, FC, NFS, CIFS). One protocol of your choice is included standard with your system; others can be added as desired |