Provisioning and Volume Management

NetApp's approach to provisioning and volume management allows you to achieve the highest possible levels of storage utilization and faster application deployment while maximizing the overall performance and cost effectiveness of your storage systems.

Designed for Simplicity, Flexibility and Productivity NetApp's Data ONTAP systems have been designed from the ground up to provide you maximum productivity in provisioning storage while maintaining an environment that is cost effective and easy to use. This is done with advanced technology which frees you from the traditional constraints of physical storage thus allowing you to focus on the management of your data and critical business applications.

Increased Storage Utilization Provides Maximum ValueNetApp's FlexVol and FlexClone technologies enable dramatic improvements in storage space utilization. The result is that you get more value while purchasing less storage hardware. Additionally, the availability of thin provisioning provides the added benefit of "just-in-time" storage, which further reduces your acquisition costs.

Ability to Manage Change DynamicallySince your business environment is not static, it is critically important that your storage infrastructure can keep pace with your changing requirements. NetApp provides you with the ability to provision and manage storage volumes and LUNs on-the-fly thus eliminating the need for complex manual adjustments which can interrupt your business. Additionally, you can provision a single storage system across multiple departments with no reconfiguration of user data-providing maximum flexibility as your organization evolves.

NetApp Provisioning and Volume Management Software Products:

• FlexVol
• FlexClone
• MultiStore