NetApp AFF A150 SAN/NAS Storage System

Leading the future of flash.

Data-driven organizations require an agile and efficient IT infrastructure to meet the demand for fast, secure, and continuous data access. A fundamental first step in undertaking an IT transformation is to modernize your infrastructure with all-flash storage to improve speed and responsiveness for critical business applications. New workloads, such as data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and deep learning (DL), demand extreme performance that first-generation flash systems can’t deliver. Additionally, more and more organizations are adopting a hybrid cloud strategy, which means they need enterprise-grade data services for a shared environment across on-premises data centers and the cloud. As a result, modern all-flash arrays must provide robust data services, integrated data protection, seamless scalability, and new levels of performance-plus deep application and cloud integration.

Cloud-connected flash storage powered by ONTAP

IT departments need smart, powerful, trusted solutions that take advantage of modern cloud technologies. NetApp® AFF A-Series systems are designed to help organizations transform their infrastructure more quickly and fuel data-driven strategies. Powered by NetApp ONTAP® data management software, AFF systems deliver the industry-leading performance, superior flexibility, and best-in-class data services and cloud integration to help you accelerate, manage, and protect your business-critical data in the hybrid cloud.

A wide range of customers, from enterprise to midsize businesses, rely on AFF to:

• Simplify operations with seamless data management, on the premises and in the cloud.
• Speed up existing and emerging applications.
• Keep business-critical data available, protected, and secure.

AFF A-Series systems, whether entry-level or high-end, support end-to-end NVMe technologies, from NVMe-attached SSDs to front-end host connectivity of both NVMe over Fibre Channel (NVMe/FC) and NVMe over TCP (NVMe/TCP). These systems deliver the industry’s lowest latency for an enterprise all-flash array, making them a superior choice for running the most demanding workloads and AI/DL applications. With a simple software upgrade to the modern NVMe/FC or NVMe/TCP SAN infrastructure, you can run more workloads with faster response times, without disruption or data migration.

In addition, the NetApp Active IQ® Digital Advisor tool enables you to optimize your NetApp systems with predictive analytics and proactive support. Fueled by NetApp’s massive user base, AI and machine learning create actionable insights that help you prevent problems, optimize your configuration, save time, and make smarter decisions.

Achieve industry-leading storage savings

NetApp employs various capabilities to promote optimal capacity savings and to reduce your TCO. AFF systems’ support for SSDs with multistream write technology, combined with advanced SSD partitioning, provides maximum usable capacity, regardless of the type of data that you store. Thin provisioning; NetApp Snapshot™ copies; and inline data reduction features, such as deduplication, compression, and compaction, provide substantial additional space savings-without affecting performance-enabling you to purchase the least amount of storage capacity possible.

Product Type: SAN/NAS Storage System
Storage
Number of Solid State Drive Supported: 24
Number of Solid State Drive Installed: 0
Total Solid State Drive Capacity Supported: 26624 TB
Network & Communication
Ethernet Technology: 10 Gigabit Ethernet
I/O Expansions
Number of Total Expansion Bays: 24
Number of 2.5″ Bays: 24
Controllers
Controller Type:

• 12Gb/s SAS
• 6Gb/s SAS
• NVMe

Interfaces/Ports
Number of SAS Ports (External): 4
Network (RJ-45): Yes
Number of Network (RJ-45) Ports: 8
Fibre Channel: Yes
Software
Operating System: Data ONTAP 9.12.1
Management & Protocols
Protocols:

• TCP
• iSCSI
• NFS
• pNFS
• CIFS/SMB
• FCoE

Physical Characteristics
Form Factor: Rack-mountable
Rack Height: 2U
Warranty
Limited Warranty: 3 Year