NetApp Virtual Storage Tier allows you to scale
performance and capacity while achieving the highest level of storage efficiency
in the industry. The result is maximum flexibility for the data center
infrastructure.
The NetApp Virtual Storage Tier
The NetApp Virtual Storage Tier offers a unique approach to automated storage tiering. Enabled by foundational strengths in storage efficiency and intelligent caching, the Virtual Storage Tier provides:
The NetApp Virtual Storage Tier offers a unique approach to automated storage tiering. Enabled by foundational strengths in storage efficiency and intelligent caching, the Virtual Storage Tier provides:
- Real-Time, data driven response to your most demanding application workloads
- The ability to consolidate all of your data onto two storage tiers
- Industry leading efficiency through integration of data deduplication and thin provisioning
- Out of the box operation-set it and forget it (flexcache - License may be required)
The NetApp Virtual Storage Tier is a self managing, data
driven service layer for storage infrastructure. It provides real-time
assessment of workload based priorities and ensures that I/O data requests are
optimized for cost and performance without the requirement for complex data
classification. Default data placement is to the lowest cost physical storage
available (usually high capacity SATA) since the use of intelligent caching is
used to leverage Flash based technology without the need for actual data
movement across different types of physical media. Data promotion is done on
demand based on actual usage patterns thus ensuring immediate response to
changing workload demands. Additionally, The Virtual Storage Tier is fully
integrated into NetApp’s Unified Storage Architecture thus ensuring full
compatibility with both SAN and NAS environments and related data protection and
business continuity requirements.
Key Points:
- Data driven, real-time responsiveness
- Optimized for low cost and maximum efficiency
- Operational simplicity
