The Challenge
With traditional technologies, NAS, Fibre Channel SAN and IP-based SAN services are often deployed through proliferating silos of capacity. Problems include:

• Poor capacity utilization and over-provisioning of capacity to meet service levels
• Inability to move capacity to/from block and file pools as needed
• Significant administration to manage across multiple distributed storage pools

Unique Solution Benefits
3PAR® offers a compelling alternative called Utility File Services. The solution is built upon consolidating capacity and direct block access (via both fibre channel and iSCSI) onto the 3PAR InServ® Storage Server—a single, massively scalable, tiered-storage pool—and enabling file services deployed with proven NAS gateway partners. Together with NAS gateway partners, 3PAR Utility File Services deliver unique solution benefits:

• Reduce IT capital costs through consolidation and flexible utilization of capacity
• Simplify administration with automatic management of finely virtualized capacity
• Adjust service levels easily, precisely, and on demand using 3PAR Dynamic Optimization

NAS gateway partners include: ONStor (UtiliCat™ Unified Storage), NetApp, PolyServe, and IBRIX.