DATASHEET
NetApp FAS
storage arrays
The #1 Customer-Trusted,
Cloud-Optimized Unified
Storage Platform
The Challenge
Simplifying data management across Key Benefits
on-premise and public cloud Secure and protect your data
Organizations of all sizes are increasingly challenged across the hybrid cloud
with streamlining their storage operations. They
• On-premise & public clouds, we have
need to store and back up their ever-growing
you covered - Start small and scale
volume of data while budgets are shrinking.
nondisruptively as your data requirements
They need to find a solution that enables them
grow, on premises and in the cloud.
to meet their on-premise requirements while
incorporating their public cloud strategy. • The Best Cloud Integration - Connect effortlessly
to the cloud with leading integration to Amazon
AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and others.
The Solution
Ideal balance of capacity and performance Flexibly adapt to your evolving
storage that also simplifies your operations business needs
with best-in-class data management • Scale capacity and performance nondisruptively
NetApp® FAS storage arrays, powered by
• Effortlessly integrate with public clouds
NetApp ONTAP® data management software,
help you build storage infrastructure that is • Optimize your storage infrastructure with
simple, smart, and trusted. FAS systems provide predictive analytics and proactive care
the ideal balance of capacity and performance Cost effective and proven for
that’s optimized for easy deployment and diverse workloads
operations while also having the flexibility to • High volume of unstructured data (media
handle future growth and cloud integration. & entertainment, medical imaging, EDA)
• Distributed enterprise business applications,
With their highly available hardware and powerful
NAS and SAN consolidation (DB, VM’s)
software, FAS systems cost- effectively deliver
the data protection, security, and scalability to • Disaster recovery target and
safeguard your data and help your staff be more backup consolidation
efficient. Whether you’re running a small business,
a remote office, or a large enterprise, the FAS
family’s leading range of unified capabilities for
• Simplify ongoing management by upgrading
SAN, NAS, and object workloads make it an
software or servicing storage with zero
ideal solution for your general-purpose business
downtime during regular business hours.
applications as well as backup and retention.
• Eliminate silos by supporting both NAS, SAN,
Simple and object workloads on one unified system.
Streamline your storage operations • Accelerate business operations by leveraging
When it comes to long-term investments in NetApp Snapshot™ copies to instantly
storage infrastructure, it’s critical to focus create writeable clones for use in DevTest,
on simplifying your storage environment and report generation, and analytics.
reducing total cost of ownership. The FAS • Increase the efficiency of your staff by
family offers significant advantages: using the deep integration of ONTAP
• Go from initial power-on to serving data in less than with key business applications.
10 minutes with simple application provisioning.
• Reduce costs and minimize your storage
footprint with proven efficiency technologies
such as inline deduplication, compression,
compaction, and thin provisioning.
2 Solution Brief
Smart • Streamline your management of multiple storage
Scale and adapt to meet changing needs clusters with NetApp Active IQ® Unified Manager.
The FAS family has the flexibility to keep up with Boost the efficiency of your staff by monitoring
your growing business as your capacity and petabytes of data from a single dashboard, and
performance requirements change. Scale up by receive notifications to quickly resolve issues
adding capacity or by upgrading controllers. before they affect data services. The latest version
Scale out by growing from 2 nodes with up to a of Active IQ Unified Manager provides insights
24-node cluster with 176PB of capacity. Plus, you and advice on security risks and compliance.
can cluster different combinations of FAS and AFF
models to build out your environment by adding new Utilize insights and recommendations derived
generations of storage with the latest technologies. from predictive analytics and community wisdom
to optimize and protect your storage investments
The FAS family also supports massive NAS with Active IQ. Expose risk factors and prevent
containers, which are easy to manage. With problems before they affect your business. Benefit
the NetApp FlexGroup feature of ONTAP 9, a from insights and best-practice recommendations
single namespace can grow to 20PB and derived from the collective wisdom of NetApp’s
400 billion files while maintaining consistent large user base. Implement its actionable
high performance and resiliency. intelligence to prevent problems, save time, and
make smarter decisions when managing
With nondisruptive addition and replacement of your infrastructure with ONTAP System
storage systems and components, scaling occurs Manager and Active IQ Unified Manager.
without maintenance windows or the challenge of
coordinating downtime across teams. And you can Trusted
perform your updates during regular work hours. Secure company and customer data across
your hybrid cloud
Integrate with the cloud • Easily and efficiently protect your at-rest data by
FAS systems running ONTAP are optimized for encrypting any volume on FAS and AFF systems
private and hybrid cloud by providing secure with the NetApp Volume Encryption feature of
multitenancy, quality of service (QoS), nondisruptive ONTAP. No special encrypting disks are required.
operations, and easily defined tiers of service. • Protect against weak administrative passwords,
Plus, NetApp offers a number of options the leading cause of system compromises, by
for extending your FAS system to the hybrid using multifactor authenti- cation (MFA).
cloud with Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure,
• Designate and validate authorized users
Google Cloud, and other leading cloud
with role-based access control (RBAC).
providers. Easily move your data between your on-
premises FAS system and cloud environments by • Use storage-level file security to prevent
using NetApp SnapMirror® data replication software. unauthorized administrators from accessing
or deleting critical intellectual property.
Optimize your storage with smart management • Meet privacy standards, including
You don’t need to be a storage expert to GDPR, by cryptographically shredding
use the broad range of capabilities in the and sanitizing individual files.
NetApp storage management portfolio.
• Simplify and speed up day-to-day management
activities with ONTAP System Manager. The new
GUI provides quick insights into capacity, system
health, networking, and performance history.
3 Solution Brief
Protect against data loss and through a comprehensive approach that
accelerate recovery combines highly reliable hardware, innovative
FAS systems running ONTAP provide software, and sophisticated service analytics.
comprehensive, integrated data protection to
safeguard your data. Meet your requirements The NetApp FAS9000 storage systems have an
for local backup with near-instant recovery by intelligent modular design that enhances reliability,
using space- efficient NetApp Snapshot copies. availability, and serviceability (RAS). Service
Achieve remote backup/recovery and disaster operations are greatly simplified, I/O cards are
recovery with NetApp SnapMirror asynchronous easily serviced, and controllers can be replaced
replication. Plus, deep integration with leading without disturbing I/O cabling. This modular design
backup applications makes management easier. simplifies and speeds up servicing and minimizes
the risk of errors. The design also increases
Achieve unparalleled availability and flexibility, streamlines maintenance, and extends
nondisruptive operations the life of the platform, reducing the disruption
NetApp MetroCluster™, SnapMirror Business and expense that come with tech refreshes.
Continuity, and SnapMirror Synchronous Software and firmware updates, hardware repair
technologies expand data protection to eliminate risk and replacement, load balancing, and tech
of data loss by synchronously mirroring data between refresh happen without planned downtime.
locations for continuous availability of information.
Storage arrays can exist in a single data center or in NetApp FAS Storage Arrays:
two different data centers that are located across a • FAS500f: For customers with demanding
campus, across a metropolitan area, or in different application performance objectives in a
cities. No matter what happens, your data can be cost-effective, high capacity system.
protected from loss and, with MetroCluster and
• FAS9000: Designed with a modular architecture
SnapMirror Business Continuity, it is continuously
that is optimized for serviceability and availability.
available to meet business-critical needs.
Ideal for large consolidated environments
• FAS8700: High-end system that is optimized
FAS systems are engineered to meet demanding
for high capacity and performance to
availability requirements. All models are designed
consolidate multiple business workloads.
to deliver 99.9999% availability or even higher
Harness the Power of ONTAP to Simplify and Accelerate Your Storage Environment:
Storage efficiency Reduce costs with leading data reduction technologies and built-in configuration efficiencies.
Business continuity Make sure that your critical applications stay online with continuous data availability.
Nondisruptive Eliminate business disruptions during maintenance and upgrades.
operations
Performance and Ensure performance for consolidated workloads, and scale
scalability up or scale out capacity and performance.
Cloud Integration Easily move your data between your on-premises FAS system and cloud environments.
Avoid unauthorized data access and secure your data at
Security rest and in transit across your hybrid cloud.
Compliance Meet strict governance and data retention policies.
4 Solution Brief
• FAS8300: Designed for a wide range of moving data into your new environment, smooth
midrange deployments that need a balance the transition and mitigate risks by using
of capacity, performance, and price. proven NetApp methodologies, tools, and best
• FAS2750: Optimized for small and midsize practices. Learn more at [Link]/services.
enterprises that require simple deployment
and operations. Supports up to 24 SFF internal
drives plus external storage shelves. About NetApp
• FAS2720: Optimized for small and midsize NetApp is the leader in cloud data services,
enterprises that require simple deployment and empowering global organizations to change their
operations. Optimized for high-capacity use cases. world with data. Together with our partners, we
are the only ones who can help you build your
Get it right from the start by using unique data fabric. Simplify hybrid multicloud
NetApp expertise and tools and securely deliver the right data, services,
Realize the most from your investment by and applications to the right people at the
engaging professional services experts from right time. Learn more at [Link].
NetApp or our Services Certified partners. When
FAS500f FAS9000 FAS8700 FAS8300 FAS2750 FAS2720
Maximum raw 734TB 14.7PB 14.7PB 7.3PB 1243TB 1440TB
capacity per HA pair
Maximum drives 48 1440 1440 720 144 144
per HA pair
NAS scale-out 1-24 nodes 1-24 nodes 1-24 nodes 1-24 nodes 1-24 nodes 1-24 nodes
(12 HA Pairs) (12 HA pairs) (12 HA pairs) (12 HA pairs) (12 HA pairs) (12 HA pairs)
SAN scale-out 1-12 nodes 1-12 nodes 1-12 nodes 1-12 nodes 1-12 nodes 1-12 nodes
(6 HA pairs) (6 HA pairs) (6 HA pairs) (6 HA pairs) (6 HA pairs) (6 HA pairs)
Maximum raw 8.8PB 176PB 176PB 88PB 15PB 17PB
capacity for cluster
Controller chassis 2U 8U 4U 4U 2U / 24 internal 2U / 12 internal
form factor drives drives
OS version ONTAP 9.8 ONTAP 9.1 ONTAP 9.7 RC1 ONTAP 9.7 RC1 ONTAP 9.4 RC1 ONTAP 9.4 RC1
RC1 and later RC1 and later and later and later and later and later
Storage protocols NVMe-oF, FC, FC, FCoE, iSCSI, FC, iSCSI, FC, iSCSI, FC, FCoE, iSCSI, FC, FCoE, iSCSI,
supported FCoE, iSCSI, NFS, pNFS, NFS, pNFS, NFS, pNFS, NFS, pNFS, NFS, pNFS,
NFS, pNFS, CIFS/SMB CIFS/SMB CIFS/SMB CIFS/SMB CIFS/SMB
CIFS/SMB
Shelves and media See [Link] for current information.
Table 1) NetApp FAS technical specifications Note: All HA pair specifications are for dual controller, active-active
configurations.
1 Maximum raw capacity depends on the drive offerings. See the Shelves and Media
page on [Link] for current information.
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