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Optimized Data Access and Protection

1. NetApp enterprise-class storage means higher data availability and application uptime. With redundant storage components and multiple redundant paths, NetApp IP SAN solutions offer near 100% availability (99.995% field-measured reliability), permitting the highest data availability and application uptime in enterprise environments. The flexible and modular NetApp design can match any application requirements for performance, availability, and budget.
   
2. Improved performance translates to measurable NetApp business value. NetApp IP SAN solutions have been proven to deliver 41% faster throughput and 63% better response time compared to direct-attached storage (DAS)1. The NetApp SAN architecture provides a flexible basis for changing application requirements and explosive data growth.
   
3. NetApp equals comprehensive data protection. NetApp IP SAN solutions extend data protection to the entire enterprise application portfolio, securing all data types with NetApp Snapshot™ capabilities for automated, frequent, near-instantaneous, application-level backups and rapid, immediately usable restores.

Reduced Complexity and Cost

4. NetApp unifies resources, simplifying infrastructure and management requirements. NetApp IP SAN solutions easily and cost-effectively consolidate storage for distributed systems-Windows®, Novell, Linux®, and UNIX®-delivering the ability to centrally coordinate administration and management, making valuable staff more effective.
   
5. With NetApp, storage utilization advances on day one. NetApp IP SAN solutions bring more enterprise data and storage into a SAN, providing even remote or "stranded servers" access to a broadened, interconnected storage pool and delivering networked storage capabilities to all parts of the enterprise (including local and remote sites).
   
6. NetApp flexibility permits solution combinations, even with other vendor offerings. Because all NetApp solutions are founded on a single platform and based on industry standard protocols, NetApp IP SAN solutions fully interoperate with and easily integrate into enterprise environments, allowing you to leverage existing investments. You can also take advantage of IP network assets to extend SANs out to the edges of the enterprise.
   
7. NetApp solutions steadfastly meet a variety of ongoing operational and budget needs. NetApp IP SAN solutions empower customers with a range of options (entrylevel to high-end, primary to secondary systems), delivering the ability to scale from 1TB to 96TB and to incrementally add storage on demand, in minutes, without downtime.
   
8. With NetApp, efficiency and productivity improvements are available to all. NetApp IP SAN solutions are an effective alternative in situations where FC SANs are unfamiliar technology or economically unfeasible yet the data storage consolidation benefits of a SAN remain attractive.

Leadership and Experience Value

9. NetApp solutions maximize enterprise intellect and tools. NetApp IP SAN solutions-coupled with iSCSI, which combines the speed and ease of iSCSI with the familiarity and prevalence of IP networking and Ethernet-amplify existing skills and infrastructure.
   
10. Benefit by purchasing IP SAN from the leader in IP-based solutions. NetApp IP SAN solutions stand on more than a decade of IP-based storage experience, ensuring customers gain the benefits of a knowledgeable and reliable vendor partner.