NetApp virtualizes 3rd Party SSD storage

By Tarry Singh at 6 March, 2009, 1:56 pm

NetApp’s V-Series is a FAS controller with features enabling third-party arrays to be connected to it and appear within the NetApp storage environment as if they were NetApp arrays with functionality such as thin provisioning, snapshots and ASIS de-duplication. It can thus virtualise EMC, IBM, HDS, HP and now TMS arrays.

The NetApp environment has thus gained a super high-end performance tier which will complement its coming flash memory SSD-enabled FAS arrays and its PAM (Performance Aceleration Module) array controller DRAM read cache.

NetApp has also announced PAM SPECsfs2008 benchmark results. Using these as a guide it says that customers who cannot afford a RamSan-500 or arrays with short-stroked 15K rpm drives can use PAM to turbo-charge existing arrays.

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