| Software Features | |
|---|---|
| System management | SANtricity System Manager |
| High-availability features | Dual active controller with automated I/O path failover
Automatic load balancing and path connectivity monitoring Dynamic Disk Pools technology and traditional RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 Redundant, hot-swappable storage controllers, disk drives, power supplies, and fans Automatic rebuild after a drive failure Mirrored data cache with battery-backed destage to flash Proactive drive health monitoring that identifies problems before they create issues Data Assurance (T10 PI ANSI standard to ensure data integrity) Proactive drive health monitoring that identifies problems before they create issues Online SANtricity OS upgrades and drive firmware upgrades Online configuration changes |
| Host operating systems | Apple macOS
CentOS Linux IBM AIX Microsoft Windows Server Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Oracle Enterprise Linux Oracle Solaris Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ubuntu Linux VMware ESX |
| Included software features | SANtricity synchronous and asynchronous mirroring
SANtricity volume copy SANtricity thin provisioning SANtricity Cloud Connector SANtricity Snapshot SANtricity SSD cache |
| Security features | Drive encryption (FDE/FIPS) support[1]
Native encryption key management External encryption key management (KMIP-compliant) Role-based access control and audit log LDAP support SAML support to enable Multi-Factor Authentication Common Criteria certification in progress |
| System capabilities | Dynamic Disk Pools and Traditional RAID coexistence
Dynamic volume expansion Dynamic capacity expansion for DDP or RAID volume group Dynamic capacity contraction (DDP only) Dynamic RAID-level or segment size migration (traditional RAID only) Embedded system event monitoring Full Stripe Write Acceleration (FSWA) to accelerate system write performance (for qualifying workloads) |
| Open management | NetApp SANtricity Web Services embedded REST APIs
NetApp PowerShell Toolkit APIs NetApp SANtricity Secure CLI |
| Management enablers | NetApp SANtricity Performance App for Splunk Enterprise[2]
VMware vSphere Storage APIs—Array Integration (VAAI) Microsoft Windows Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) |
- [1] Hardware and software for at-rest data encryption are not available in certain countries, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and other Eurasian Customs Union countries.
- [2] Available from Splunk’s website.
