The new NetApp FAS All flash (AFF) 8000 Bay storage is gaining momentum with customers that are restructuring their data centers as part of their roadmap to embrace the cloud. To help companies effectively to transition to a future of hybrid cloud, NetApp announced new customer support programs.
"The cloud creates a new wave of data center consolidation as customers plan their transition to the hybrid cloud," said Lee Caswell, Vice President, Products and Solutions marketing, NetApp . "They think 'first flash for performance and efficiency gains, but are wary of new architectures that create isolated data silos. The AFF NetApp series solves this challenge for our customers with the only system able to manage seamless data across flash resources, disk, and cloud. For our distribution partners, AFF offers easy onramp to the cloud that maintains enterprise-class capacity and investment protection for their customers demand. "
Highlights of the new All Flash support program NetApp FAS (AFF) 8000 series storage array include:
- Controller free upgrade - customers who purchase a SupportEdge premium three-year contract 1 December 31, 2015, are eligible for a new AFF free controller as part of the renewal process
- Extended Support price protection -. this offer enables customers to extend their standard three-year warranty and supports up to four more years customers can choose this option at the point. sale or upon renewal 2
- new AFF Series model. - the new EX AFF8080 of 6U model is a smaller version of -factor form the top of the unified line all-flash array of NetApp. It offers the full range of enterprise-class capabilities with up to a 40% reduction of the footprint. Available now, the new model can be set up to deal with traditional SAN workloads in as little as 15 minutes. Qualified partners and customers can request the test systems without the risk of quickly and easily impact the performance of Flash on their own workloads.
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