CDS Connections August 2011

CDS, NetApp offering a Virtualization Guarantee* Program Do you want to cut storage requirements by up to 50 percent? Of course you do! By letting CDS evaluate your current requirements in comparison with a baseline of traditional storage and by utilizing NetApp technology, NetApp will provide the additional capacity to meet the shortfall at no charge! You may also take full advantage of your existing EMC, HP, or HDS systems with NetApp V-Series open storage controllers, for a 35% reduction of your existing data with NetApp deduplication. Either way, you'll use less, enjoy better protection and gain more flexibility. To offer greater utilization CDS' unique approach to storage efficiency encumbers the leading virtualization technologies available in Citrix, Microsoft and VMware environments, while the NetApp features include: Deduplication RAID-DP®** Thin provisioning NetApp Snapshot™ CDS will guide you to meet the NetApp Virtualization Guarantee Program requirements or help you identify the best options or programs available to meet your individual requirements. And there's more new product news from NetApp that CDS can help with: SnapProtect SnapProtect software combines high speed Snapshot copies and replication across disk-to-disk-to-tape to significantly reduce risk of downtime and data loss to significantly reduce risk of downtime, data loss while meeting strict data archiving requirements often found in government spaces. The E-Series Platform leverages technology gained from NetApp's completed purchase of the Engenio external storage systems business from LSI Corporation earlier this year. The NetApp E5400 storage system is built to deliver powerful performance to support big-bandwidth applications, extreme storage density, and extended uptime. This unique combination makes the E5400 an ideal solution for high-performance environments with massive amounts of critical data and computing demands that require enterprise-class scalability and reliability. SnapProtect is great news and further strengthens an already great partnership between CommVault and NetApp. This software combines high speed Snapshot copies and replication across disk-to-disk-to-tape to significantly reduce risk of downtime and data loss to significantly reduce risk of downtime, data loss while meeting strict data archiving requirements often found in government spaces. SnapProtect fills a gap for those who require D2D2T or D2D2D solutions or a need for non SnapVault compliant approaches to backup. SnapProtect is not as agnostic as the pure play CommVault solution, but SnapProtect can archive VSS aware backups created by SnapManager products. We at CDS this as a very positive development that will give customers a one-stop option for total storage, backup, and archive management. [ return to front page ] Upcoming Events 2011 TechNet Asia-Pacific November 1-3, 2011 Booth 712 Sheraton Waikiki Hotel Honolulu, HI More Events » Video Data Sheet Simplify Branch Office Infrastructure Learn more about the features and benefits of Cisco UCS Express. Watch Now » CDS Partner News CDS, NetApp offering a Virtualization Guarantee* Program By letting CDS evaluate your current requirements in comparison with a baseline of traditional storage and by utilizing NetApp technology, NetApp will provide the additional capacity to meet the shortfall at no charge! Connect with CDS Join Our Facebook Page Follow Us on Twitter Join Us on LinkedIn Visit Us on YouTube

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