NetApp's approach to provisioning and volume management allows you to achieve the highest possible levels of storage utilization and faster application deployment while maximizing the overall performance and cost effectiveness of your storage systems.

FlexVol

NetApp FlexVol technology enables true storage virtualization to lower overhead and capital expenses, reduce disruption and risk, and provide the flexibility to adapt quickly and easily to the dynamic needs of your organization. FlexVol technology pools storage resources automatically and enables you to create multiple flexible volumes on a large pool of disks. This flexibility means you can focus on managing data, not hardware, and make changes quickly and seamlessly. The result is that you can add storage when and where you need it without disruption and at the lowest incremental cost.

• Dynamic, non-disruptive provisioning
• Superior storage utilisation lowers cost
• Increased disk performance

FlexClone

NetApp FlexClone technology enables true cloning—instant replication of data volumes and data sets without requiring additional storage space at the time of creation. Each cloned volume is a transparent, virtual copy that you can use for essential enterprise operations.

• True data cloning with no storage overhead
• Increased application productivity

MultiStore

MultiStore enables secure, multiprotocol storage consolidation across an enterprise. It provides secure partitioning of network and storage resources and enables multidomain and multiserver consolidation on a single storage system. In addition, it reduces management cost by introducing a tiered management model, enabling cost-effective administration.

• Shared storage with absolute privacy
• Consolidate storage with multiple domains
• Easy set up, administration and operation