IBM N7000 - Manual

Designed as reliable, powerful, scalable modular storage systems
offering a unified storage architecture—with exceptional value—
for large-enterprise data center applications and consolidations
IBM System Storage N7000 Modular
Disk Storage Systems
Highlights
■ Scalable—Designed for non-
disruptive expansion to more
than 1.1 petabytes (1.1 PB, or
1100 TB) storage capacity
■ Versatile—Single, integrated
architecture designed to sup­
port concurrent block I/O and
file serving over Ethernet
and Fibre Channel SAN
infrastructures
■ Flexible—Fibre Channel and
SATA disk-drive capabilities
allow for deployment in multiple
solution environments, includ­
ing data retention, near-line
storage, disk-to-disk backup
scenarios and high-
performance, mission-critical
I/O intensive operations
■ Efficient consolidation—
Intended to provide storage for
multiple applications in a single
system with FlexShare™ to
ensure that critical workloads
get priority service
■ Application availability—N7000
systems with Data ONTAP®
enable application-level recov­
ery in minutes, not hours, upon
failure or user error
■ Performance—Delivers high,
consistent performance for
mission-critical applications
The challenge: Managing data for business
advantage
In an increasingly demanding and com­
petitive business landscape, effective
data management is essential to the
success of the enterprise. Data avail­
ability from any location gives employ­
ees, partners and customers the
up-to-the-minute information they need
to work productively, make timely deci­
sions and meet business goals.
Information technology professionals
facing these challenges are under pres­
sure to deliver more capacity and at
higher levels of service. Yet critical
resources—staffing, budget, power,
cooling and floor space—are often
constrained.
These demands call for enterprise-class
storage systems with the flexibility to
support changing IT requirements,
accommodate continuous data growth,
satisfy application-level service require­
ments and unify SAN and NAS infra­
structures with the expectation of
reducing overall costs.