With the introduction of its AFF C-Series capacity flash storage systems, NetApp is offering enterprises an easy on-ramp to data center modernization. Switching from conventional hard disk drive (HDD) storage—or a hybrid HDD/solid state drive (SSD) solution—to an all-flash configuration can give enterprise data centers a much-needed boost of speed, reliability and energy efficiency.
Once deployed, all-flash storage can help enterprises lower costs by reducing energy usage for the drives themselves and the extensive cooling systems common to enterprise data centers. All-flash storage can also help dramatically reduce a business’s carbon footprint. NetApp says C-Series systems can reduce power and cooling costs by up to 97% compared to HDD storage. That’s equivalent to the greenhouse gas emissions of 20 gasoline vehicles on the road for an entire year.
Conventional storage is far from ideal. HDDs are considerably slower, take up more space, use more energy and produce more heat. A hybrid storage solution that combines conventional hard drives with flash storage is a step in the right direction. But an all-flash storage solution is the only one that can help businesses gain an advantage in the marketplace through the use of high-performance, high-availability storage while simultaneously reducing energy and storage footprint costs.
To accomplish this, NetApp’s AFF C-Series employs the latest quad-level cell (QLC) flash technology. This new generation of QLC provides IT managers with a balance of affordability, energy efficiency and carbon footprint reduction yet offers lower cost than that of performance flash storage. That makes it the ideal platform for running non–latency-sensitive VMware (SAP, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server), database applications and file environments, and as a secondary storage target for disaster recovery, backup or tiering.
The C-Series family of all-flash storage solutions also includes NetApp ONTAP One, an industry-leading data management software solution that offers multiprotocol access, data efficiency, industry-leading ransomware detection and recovery, proven data protection and multitenancy and scale.
All-flash storage represents a powerful new future for enterprise data centers, on-premises and in the cloud. And NetApp is leading the way with its latest C-Series capacity flash technology. Are you and your customers ready to step into the future of data center technology? You can start today by reaching out to a NetApp global sales team member to find out more.