NetApp FAS9500, FAS8700, FAS8300: FAS for enterprise class workloads
These systems are most often deployed as the foundation for customers with an enterprise applications and private cloud. Create a unified hybrid cloud through simple integration with the major hyperscalers.
Scale performance on demand with NetApp FAS
Customers describe these platforms as "heavy-duty" for their ability to scale performance and capacity seamlessly. Even with thousands of concurrent users with high-throughput demands, these FAS models offer customer-proven data availability.
NetApp FAS9500 specs
Modular design for optimal serviceability and availability, making it ideal for large, consolidated environments.
- Maximum raw capacity per HA pair: 14.7PB
- Maximum drives per HA pair: 1440
- NAS scale-out: 1-24 nodes (12 HA pairs)
- SAN scale-out: 1-12 nodes (6 HA pairs)
- Maximum raw capacity for cluster: 176PB
- Controller chassis from factor: 8U
- OS version: ONTAP 9.10.1P3 and later
- Storage protocols supported: FC, FCoE, iSCSI, NFS, pNFS, CIFS/SMB, Amazon S3
NetApp FAS8700 specs
The newest model in the FAS family, it's built to consolidate multiple business workloads through high capacity and performance.
- Maximum raw capacity per HA pair: 14.7PB
- Maximum drives per HA pair: 1440
- NAS scale-out: I-24 nodes (12 HA pairs)
- SAN scale-out: 1-12 nodes (6 HA pairs)
- Maximum raw capacity for cluster: 176PB
- Controller chassis from factor: 4U
- OS version: ONTAP 9.7 RC1 and later
- Storage protocols supported: FC, iSCSI, NFS, pNFS, CIFS/SMB, Amazon S3
NetApp FAS8300 specs
If you need to balance budget changes, growing capacity needs, and performance fluctuations, consider this midrange deployment model.
- Maximum raw capacity per HA pair: 7.3PB
- Maximum drives per HA pair: 720
- NAS scale-out: 1-24 nodes (12 HA pairs)
- SAN scale-out: 1-12 nodes (6 HA pairs)
- Maximum raw capacity for cluster: 88PB
- Controller chassis from factor: 4U
- OS version: ONTAP 9.7 RC1 and later
- Storage protocols supported: FC, iSCSI, NFS, pNFS, CIFS/SMB
Find another model
Because each model in the NetApp FAS family is tailored for NetApp ONTAP, you can count on reducing storage costs and reducing data silos, no matter which you pick.
Choose yours based on your performance and scalability needs.
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ONTAP is the the #1 customer-proven operating system that delivers the security, simplicity, and scalability for your hybrid cloud deployments.
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Scale up and scale out
Need more storage? Scale up by adding capacity or upgrading your controllers. Need to share your data across multiple locations? Scale out by adding nodes to your cluster. You can see your model's starting capacity, controllers, and nodes in the table above.
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"For us, the greatest aspect of the solution is the fact that it just runs.
"We primarily use the solution for keeping our information reliable... It is amazingly resilient. That's very important to us, because we are basically, with some exceptions, have a 24/7 operation.
"The newer features will be able to do things without interrupting the user experience, such as moving volumes on the fly, as well as adding and removing nodes to the clusters. That general set of features is pretty important to us."
NetApp FAS Customer: Computer Systems Administrator
Construction company, 10,001+ employees
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Setup for these FAS models is so simple, it can go from start to completion in under ten minutes.
Scale up and out, as needed
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