NetApp EF-Series

2019: NetApp EF600

On September 2, 2019 the company NetApp announced start data storage array of Netapp EF600. It is the system of the average level data storage with end-to-end support of NVMe allowing to accelerate access to to data for sensitive to performance applications.

As noted in NetApp, the companies aim to increase performance and speed of a response of the applications managing important business operations. As performance of applications is the key factor determining product output speed on the market, income from its implementation and customer satisfaction degree for the companies it is extremely important to work at the highest level with maximum efficiency. EF600 array with end-to-end support of NVMe doubles performance a flash arrays, using consecutive protocol SCSI (SAS). This technology allows the organizations to accelerate data entry and to increase the speed of transactions of reading record using complex storage systems with support of NVMe created especially for the applications requiring the high performance of calculations.

"The industry of data storage passes from SAS to the NVMe protocol considerably increasing access rate to data. But traditional storage systems not fully use NVMe performance because of the delays connected with their main controllers. The Netapp E-Series systems were developed for the solution of this architectural problem. EF600 sets higher level of performance for E-Series, offering end-to-end support of NVMe. The IT organizations needing high-speed storage for solving of tasks of analytics and other applications which are intensively using data should study attentively its opportunities", 'Tim Stammers, the senior analyst of 451 Research noted'

"Fast and reliable obtaining the necessary information in different environments with the mixed workloads can differentiate the company against the background of competitors and reduce time of an output of products for the market. EF600 helps clients to disclose the value of the data and to quickly implement the ideas which were unreal for workloads, sensitive to performance, earlier, such as databases Oracle, analytics in real time and high performance computing applications in addition to a high-performance parallel file system BeeGFS", 'Robin Huber, the vice president and the CEO of E-Series in NetApp noted'

According to the statement of the producer, the flash array of EF600 allows to produce 2 million input-output operations per second, has response time less than 100 microseconds and capacity of 44 Gbps. It, according to the producer, provides optimal price relation and productivities for corporate workloads. Its simplicity, modular construction and simple management tools allow to scale EF600 without additional management systems.

2017: NetApp EF570 all flash

On September 25, 2017 the Netapp company announced a release of the EF570 all flash system. The company offered software, become addition of its product line for analytics of Big Data and technology with convergent infrastructure for analytics of data.

• The Netapp EF570 all flash system is specially developed for high-performance loadings - the analytics of Big Data, technical calculations and video surveillances, provides to 21GBps bandwidth, 1M of the supported IOPS, a sub-100 microsecond delay and also support 100Gb to NVMe with InfiniBand for the purpose of increase in a response of applications and acceleration of analytics today — all this in a compact rack 2U. A system supports 367 TB "crude" flash in modular assembly 2U, scaled up to 1.8 PB.

• SANtricity Cloud Connector – implements possibilities of Data Fabric, providing economic backup and recovery in a cloud from the E/EF-Series systems.

• NetApp SANtricitry software – SANtricity 11.4 contains technical improvements - access to control and the magazine of check on the basis of roles and also support of the Active Directory. It is delivered with on-box SANtricity System Manager.

The convergent infrastructure solution of Netapp for analytics of data combines DWH, network and server technologies in previously tested, approved reference architecture which allows to simplify implementation of analytical environments.

NetApp EF570 all-flash

Array of Netapp EF570 all-flash — the system of the middle class, provides 2-fold performance improvement in comparison with the previous versions. The implemented EF570 is capable to reduce time of processing of video files to 95%, having reduced the analysis of data array from weeks to hours, to accelerate response time when carrying out financial transactions.

Array of Netapp EF570 all-flash, (2017)

The device supports high-speed interfaces of hosts, including 32Gb the Fibre Channel, 25Gb iSCSI, 100Gb InfiniBand, 12Gb SAS and 100Gb NVMe with InfiniBand.

2015: NetApp EF560 all-flash

EF560 all-flash is an array with the increased performance of DWH. The solution is characterized by absolute and stable latency, capacity and the high level of I/O per second.

Array of EF560 all-flash, 2015

On January 28, 2015 the Netapp company announced EF560 all-flash array exit.

A system is focused on action in key business operations - databases, analytics and transaction processing in real time, the requiring absolute performance and permanent response time. It is necessary to reduce reaction time for consumers, to report practical results quicker and to accelerate decision making process.

NetApp EF560 allows to use opportunities a flash technologies to the maximum, having the best ratio "price performance" among arrays of DWH with the average time of response less than one millisecond based on testing of SPC-1. The indicator of a new array of Netapp in SPC-1 test is 245011.76 SPC-1 I/O per second at the average time of a response 0.93 milliseconds. The last testing of SPC-1 also confirms that when loading for 50% of the set SPC-1 of level, EF560 provides 122491.97 I/O per second (SPC-1) with the average time of response of 0.34 milliseconds.

On January 28, 2015 the Netapp company provided a new hybrid array of E5600.

E5600, 2015

The measures for optimization for work implemented in EF560 about a flash memory are applied to its configurations on the basis of solid state drives and traditional hard drives. Hybrid E5600 provides increase in productivity and reliability augmentation of resource-intensive scopes of SAN to which data warehouses, e-mail and backup belong.

E5600 represents the latest hybrid array in the E-Series family in which the flash drives and traditional disks are at the same time used. Such combination provides profitability without decline in production for such resource-intensive scopes as e-mail, the SharePoint applications, high-performance computing, operational data analysis, data warehouses and work with video records. The volume of E5600 can be scaled without problems to petabytes.

Arrays of all-flash EF560 and hybrid E5600 support the latest by software of Netapp SANtricity 8.20. Performance of Netapp SANtricity 8.20 grew due to use of multi-core processors and updating of microprogram providing disks through Internet at the minimum influence on the overall performance of a system. And for the all-flash EF560 database managers and hybrid E5600 also offer abilities to integrate with software of management of databases, including Oracle Enterprise Manager VMware vSphere, Microsoft System Center and Splunk.

2013

NetApp EF550

NetApp EF550 is a flash array, the platform for ensuring growth of effectiveness of business by means of acceleration of business operations.

On November 19, 2013 the Netapp company provided a new flash array of a corporate class.

NetApp EF550 provides steady and prompt reply during less than one millisecond ^(10−3с) that increases the speed of operation of applications, requiring small waiting time and affecting profitability, performance of databases, web services, virtual desktops (VDI) and other vital business applications.

Application of EF550 allows to reduce operating costs at the expense of an exception of excess resources. Actually, one EF550 system is capable to provide performance similar to two complete racks of the traditional disk systems. It leads to significant savings of space, power and cooling.

E-Series devices are switched on in a line of solutions of Netapp for block storage systems with the increased performance. The E-Series systems are easily scaled and are intended for the workloads requiring 99.999% of reliability with steadily high performance.

NetApp EF540

On February 20, 2013 the Netapp company announced entry into the market of storage systems of EF540 with support a flash technologies intended for high performance corporate applications and also submits the overview of architecture of a new specialized line FlashRay which provides ample opportunities of scaling and increase in efficiency of storage for the general increase in operability of all arrays with components a flash. An exit of new products designated expansion of a complex of products of Netapp on a basis a flash technologies; these products are created for increase in payback a flash technologies at their use in computing systems, networks and storage systems. They provide the necessary level of flexibility that allows to approach accomplishment of each workflow individually.

New arrays of EF540 with support the flash technologies and the line of FlashRay preparing for an exit include the maximum quantity of products on a basis a flash in the industry (including technologies of intellectual caching Flash Cache, Flash Pool, Flash Accel), provide required flexibility and give a choice opportunity, allowing to increase as much as possible payback a flash components when using them in computing systems, networks and stacks of data storage. Today in the market of corporate systems more than 36 PB of memory of Flash from NetApp are involved. An exit of new products which were provided today will allow to strengthen the leading positions of Netapp even more.

"A flash technology change business development speed, so, and business — Manish Goel, the executive vice president for products of Netapp company says. — Nevertheless, requirements of the companies to global scaling, efficiency and reliability remain invariable. Approach of Netapp to application a flash technologies gives to customers the best opportunities without compromises".

Watch a video with participation of Brendon Howe, the vice president of Netapp for products and solutions in which he tells about strategy a flash DWH and about advantages which it can give to customers.

EF540 systems based on the reliable SANtricity operating system represent industry-first a flash arrays, created especially for ensuring the highest performance. They allow to reach that degree of readiness of data, reliability and controllability of infrastructure which is required for successful development of the company to the international level. EF540 systems are created especially for the applications requiring high performance and are capable to provide more than 300,000 input-output operations per second and instant data access in failsafe architecture of high readiness. They allow to avoid excessive selection of resources of storage and also to considerably cut down expenses due to economy of disk space, energy consumption and resources of cooling. Thanks to the new systems the speed of work of crucial applications on the basis of databases can be increased by 500% (in comparison with the traditional environment of data storage), having achieved an instant response of applications and reliability of a corporate class.

EF540 systems have functions of intuitive management and expanded setup of DWH that does data storage system management simple, but at the same time to more effective. Such storage system allows to increase the value of applications, and its failsafe architecture reduces time of idle times.

Exit of a line of FlashRay will allow NetApp to strengthen the leading positions in the field of data management and DWH thanks to introduction of a new tailored architecture of storage on a basis a flash technologies. Architecture of the products FlashRay are the cornerstone ample opportunities of scaling and increase in efficiency which allow to increase the general payback a flash arrays. The new product line will integrate the highest performance, the continuity of system operation, high readiness of data and the maximum protection with functions of increase in efficiency of DWH of a corporate class (for example, local deduplication and a compression of data).

Betas of the products FlashRay will be available in limited release in the middle of 2013. In 2014 the line will be completely brought to the market. This product line was initially developed for increase in payback of systems on a basis a flash components. The products FlashRay are a next stage of the embodiment of our strategy for creation of the intellectual complex infrastructure which is completely optimized for use a flash technologies.

Today the Netapp company also announced a release of three new platforms within a line of storage systems of FAS6200. FAS6220, FAS6250 and FAS6290 systems allow to increase performance and provide payback even when using in environments with the maximum workloads.