storage solutions

Network Appliance NetCache

Hardware Product Family
Scalable content
delivery appliances
for your entire network.

The Challenge: Scale IT Infrastructures and Lower Total Cost of Ownership

Enterprises and service providers alike are confronted with the opposing
goals of driving more applications through their networks while driving down
equipment and operating costs. This is usually coupled with the challenges
of overcoming costly bandwidth issues, application compatibility, server
bottlenecks, lower productivity, and, ultimately, customer dissatisfaction.
The Solution: Scalable Content Delivery Appliances for Your Entire Network

Key Features
LOWER TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP

Run multiple applications on a

single appliance via simultaneous
delivery of streaming, HTTP,
NNTP news groups, FTP, Java
applets, and more.
UNLIMITED SCALABILITY

Easily scale caching storage

from 36GB to multiple terabytes.

Maximum Scalability for Delivery of Rich Content

The wide range of features, storage capacity, and value-added services

of NetCache appliances enables these solutions to scale existing networks
without slow and costly bandwidth and infrastructure expansions or
additional personnel.
Flexibility and Consolidation

The NetCache solutions maximize flexibility by consolidating support for

all major streaming media formats, as well as HTTP, FTP, and NNTP, on
a single content delivery appliance. In addition, NetCache supports open
standards such as ICAP to ensure integration with the latest applications.

COMPLETE STREAMING
MEDIA SUPPORT

Simplicity of Administration

Support for RealNetworks

RealSystem, Microsoft Windows
Media, and Apple QuickTime
for both video-on-demand and
live stream splitting.

Our appliance architecture provides ease of use to reduce administrative

costs and lower total cost of ownership. The appliance architecture is
based on NetApp Data ONTAP and WAFL software to provide 99.99+%
uptime. The NetApp multisystem administration application and log reporting
tools provide for centralized appliance management, analysis, and reporting.

HIGHEST PERFORMANCE

Delivers the industrys best

streaming media performance.
EASY ADMINISTRATION

NetApp appliance architecture

ensures simple deployment, reliability, and ease of management.

Security

NetCache appliances provide a secure architecture and advanced security

features to help protect sensitive information and network operations from
intruders inside or outside your network.

hardware
Network Appliance hardware gives
you the industrys most flexible,
reliable, and scalable storage solutions, with easy administration and
built-in redundancy for maximum
data availability and protection.

Network Appliance can help you address these challenges and reconcile
competing goals with reliable, flexible, and affordable solutions for simplifying
data management and content delivery. NetCache is our scalable suite of
content delivery appliances that have been proven to solve the most complex
content delivery problems of todays networks. NetCache appliances enable
a host of next-generation network services and applications such as remote
access to business applications (e.g., ERP and CRM systems), online training,
executive video broadcasts, and large-scale video-on-demand services.
They reduce network latency to enhance productivity and the overall Web
experience for e-commerce customers, intranet users, and external suppliers
and partners. NetCache appliances also enable the delivery of value-added
services such as ad insertion, geographic user identification, filtering, and
virus scanning at the edge of the network.

About NetCache Appliances

The NetCache family includes three

distinct product lines: NetCache C1200,
NetCache C2100, and NetCache C6200.
Their proven performance and reliability
ensure access to mission-critical data.

NetCache C1200 Series: Affordability

and Ultrathin Form Factor

Designed for remote and branch offices

and service providers POPs, the C1200
combines space-sensitive design, reliability, and modular configurations at an
attractive price point. The C1200 series
supports 30(+)Mb per second for HTTP
environments and 500(+)Mb per second
for streaming applications.

NetCache C2100 Series:

Price/Performance and Reliability
in a Slim Form Factor

The midrange NetCache products optimize

price/performance by supporting a wide
range of capacity and reliability features.
The C2100 solutions support 90(+)Mb
per second for HTTP environments and
1000(+)Mb per second for streaming
applications. Reliability and availability
of mission-critical data are ensured with
features such as RAID, redundant hardware, and hot-swap drives.

NetCache C6200 Series: Maximized

Performance, Capacity, and Reliability

The high-end NetCache products deliver

the ultimate performance and reliability for
the data center and other high-bandwidth
locations. The C6200 solutions support
240(+)Mb per second for HTTP environments
and 1500(+)Mb per second for streaming
applications. Large content libraries up
to 2TB of storage can be reliably stored
and protected with RAID support.
Unleash the Power of Information

See how Network Appliance can

help you get more productivity and
return from your content delivery
investments. Simply visit our Web site
at www.netapp.com. And let us show
you what the evolution of storage
means for your business.

Network Appliance, Inc.

495 East Java Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
www.netapp.com

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