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Introducing the NetApp FAS2500! Get All Launch Details Here!

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Today NetApp is announcing an all new line of hardware for their entry level customers.

Introducing the FAS2520, FAS2552, and the FAS2554!

With these new models NetApp continues to extend their leadership in entry hybrid arrays. These new models deliver superior flexibility and a more powerful unified storage platform.

All three new models include next-gen connectivity through 10GBase-T Ethernet or unified FC, FCoE, and Ethernet (UTA2) ports!

These new models make massive improvements in I/O consistency and enhance flash acceleration greatly over the previous FAS2200 entry line.

All three FAS2550 models will offer 3x memory to enhance the already industry-leading performance and will support even more  more flash integration

We will get to the specs but check out the expanded scale-out support allows for clusters of 8 nodes totaling over 2.3PB of raw capacity!

Let’s Check out the new models!

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The NetApp FAS2520

The new NetApp FAS2520 is a pretty nice piece of hardware for the entry level/branch office workloads.

It is a 2U box that has some pretty impressive specs.

  • 36GB memory
  • 32GB physical memory + 4GB NVMEM
  • Four 64-bit cores running at 1.73GHz
  • Single dual-core processor per controllerimage
  • Offers low-cost 10G Base-T ports
  • NFS, CIFS, and iSCSI are supported
  • GbE management port
  • Faster install with System Setup
  • New bezel

Included software

  • All supported data protocols
  • Efficiency: FlexVol® volumes, deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning
  • Availability: Multipath I/O, MultiStore® technology
  • Performance: FlexShare® storage QoS
  • Data protection: RAID-DP®, Snapshot™, and Open Systems SnapVault® technologies
  • Management: System Setup, OnCommand® System Manager, OnCommand Unified Manager

The FAS2520 Rear View:

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The NetApp FAS2552

The FAS2552 is also a 2U box that has some pretty impressive specs, similar to the FAS2520

  • 36GB memory
  • 32GB physical memory + 4GB NVMEM
  • Four 64-bit cores running at 1.73GHzimage
  • Single dual-core processor per controller
  • 4 UTA2 Ports that can to 10GBe or 16GB FC
  • NFS, CIFS, and iSCSI are supported
  • GbE management port
  • Faster install with System Setup
  • New bezel

Included software is the same as the FAS2520

  • All supported data protocols
  • Efficiency: FlexVol® volumes, deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning
  • Availability: Multipath I/O, MultiStore® technology
  • Performance: FlexShare® storage QoS
  • Data protection: RAID-DP®, Snapshot™, and Open Systems SnapVault® technologies
  • Management: System Setup, OnCommand® System Manager, OnCommand Unified Manager

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The NetApp FAS2554

The FAS2552 is also a 4U box that has same impressive specs as the other 25xx models.

  • 36GB memoryimage
  • 32GB physical memory + 4GB NVMEM
  • Four 64-bit cores running at 1.73GHz
  • Single dual-core processor per controller
  • 4 UTA2 Ports that can to 10GBe or 16GB FC
  • NFS, CIFS, and iSCSI are supported
  • GbE management port
  • Faster install with System Setup
  • New bezel

Included software is the same as the FAS2520

  • All supported data protocols
  • Efficiency: FlexVol® volumes, deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning
  • Availability: Multipath I/O, MultiStore® technology
  • Performance: FlexShare® storage QoS
  • Data protection: RAID-DP®, Snapshot™, and Open Systems SnapVault® technologies
  • Management: System Setup, OnCommand® System Manager, OnCommand Unified Manager

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HA Config

FAS2554

FAS2552

FAS2520

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Application environments

Midsize organizations and distributed sites of larger organizations

Midsize organizations and distributed sites of larger organizations that require smaller form factor and lower power consumption

Smaller organizations, remote offices, and local storage

Ideal for

Higher-capacity and performance needs

Higher-performance needs

Value-oriented deployments

Maximum raw capacity[1]

576TB

518TB

336TB

Maximum disk drives

144

144

84

Controller form factor

4U/24-drive

2U/24-drive

2U/12-drive

ECC memory

36GB

36GB

36GB

Maximum Flash PoolÔ

4TB

4TB

4TB

NVMEM/NVRAM

4GB

4GB

4GB

On-board I/O: UTA 2 (8Gb FC/16Gb FC/FCoE/ 10GbE)

8[2]

83

N/A

On-board I/O:

10GBASE-T

N/A

N/A

8[3]

On-board I/O: GbE

4

4

4

On-board I/O: 6Gb SAS

4

4

4

OS version

Data ONTAP 8.2.2 or later

Shelves and media

See the Shelves and Media page (http://www.netapp.com/us/products/storage-systems/disk-shelves-and-storage-media/index.aspx) on NetApp.com for the most current information

Storage protocols

FCP, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, FCoE

FCP, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, FCoE

iSCSI, NFS, CIFS

Host/client operating systems supported

Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows ServerÒ 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows XP, LinuxÒ, OracleÒ Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, AppleÒ Mac OSÒ, VMware ESXÒ

[1] Maximum raw capacity depends on the drive offerings. See the Shelves and Media page (http://www.netapp.com/us/products/storage-systems/disk-shelves-and-storage-media/index.aspx) on NetApp.com for the most current information.

[2] FAS2552 and FAS2554 on-board ports can be configured as either an 8Gb/16Gb FC port pair or a 10GbE port pair and mixed combinations.

[3] FAS2520 on-board ports are 10GBASE-T only.

 

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