- High Availability
- Reliability
NetApp FAS Series Review
We're able to scale out with cDOT, although, depending on the use case, it needs a service catalogue you can walk through without having to use SE.
Valuable Features
Improvements to My Organization
- Reliability
- Performance level
- Great history with it, and over the last two and a half years, it's been etter than others
Room for Improvement
Depending on the use case, it needs a service catalogue you can walk through without having to use SE.
Stability Issues
It's been great, and there's been no issues.
Scalability Issues
With cDOT, it's very easy to scale out, and that's the reason we went with it in the first place.
Customer Service and Technical Support
It's been great, and any issues have been taken care of right away.
Initial Setup
It was very straightforward and easy.
Other Advice
Pick your partner wisely, as they have a lot in your success. Go with someone with a history in FAS. Also, go with vendor that buys reference architecture and follows the methodology.
**Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Last updated: Oct 29 2015
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Highlights
The most valuable feature for us is the combining of HA and SnapMirror.
This solution provides us with easy management and great vendor support.
The most important features are SnapVault, Snapshots, and SnapMirror.
For us, the greatest aspect of the solution is the fact that it just runs. It is amazingly resilient. That's very important to us, because we are basically, with some exceptions, have a 24/7 operation.
The most valuable feature is SnapMirror.
Data consolidation and visualization.
You can use different protocols at the same time. Monitoring is also very easy in NetApp FAS Series. There is a free tool for monitoring.
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