NS Series/Gateway
Allows customers to leverage their existing EMC storage investments for their IP Storage (NAS and iSCSI) requirements. All of EMC’s gateway products support connection to the full line of CLARiiON CX Series fibre channel arrays as well as Symmetrix models (5000 Series and above)
Adding IP capabilities to an existing SAN is the most cost-effective solution for customers. The NS Series/Gateway enables you to enjoy high-end NAS and iSCSI features, including integration with platform software, plug-and-play compatibility with SAN management applications, and scalable performance -- all for the price of a low-end NAS appliance.
Choose the industry-leading IP storage platform.
Want to add IP storage to your existing SAN? The EMC Celerra NS Series/Gateway sets a new standard for mid-tier integrated NAS and iSCSI—bringing you EMC UltraScale power and a full array of built-in features and advanced capabilities. It’s the right choice when you need to simply and cost-effectively consolidate your servers and storage.
Compare price/performance vs. alternative offerings.
With the NS Series/Gateway, you get exceptional price/performance—including file access up to 4x faster than standard NAS—flexible configuration options, and exceptional ease-of-use. Both models support Fibre Channel and ATA drives, and provide extensive iSCSI support and iSCSI wizards. Choose the solution you need—and upgrade with ease:
entry-level gateway delivers high performance, high availability, and simple management—at an exceptional price.
IP storage gateway offers advanced clustering, with 2 to 4 X-Blades for exceptional flexibility. All at a level of performance formerly available only on high-end NAS systems.
Keep your critical information available and safe.
The power of IP storage gateways is clear—you can leverage your current investment in storage while adding new capabilities and improving consolidation. With NS Series/Gateway systems you can consolidate SAN and NAS storage with a single, highly available, easily managed networked storage solution. Add enterprise-level file sharing capabilities to your SAN-connected EMC CLARiiON or EMC Symmetrix DMX networked storage system.
The Celerra family inherits the industry-leading fault tolerance of the CLARiiON and Symmetrix storage systems. NS Series/Gateways ensure non-stop access to vital data via integrated advanced clustering. With advanced clustering, the hot spare takes over the full workload in the event of a failure—running at the same performance and service. Hardware-based RAID controllers ensure maximum performance even during rebuilds.
Consolidate Microsoft Exchange and SQL data.
The NS series is certified by Microsoft under Microsoft’s Designed for Windows program. Use the iSCSI capabilities to consolidate your Exchange and SQL data. With Celerra NS Series/Gateway, you can consolidate data in a single system that serves as high-performance database and file system storage, second-tier storage for less frequently accessed data—as well as backup storage.
Get advanced capabilities at no extra cost.
Get the best possible results from your IP storage solution with a comprehensive suite of built-in, industry-leading software capabilities—all designed to be simple to use:
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Simplify administrative tasks. With EMC Celerra Manager, you get a single intuitive Web interface that simplifies how you monitor and manage your NAS environment. iSCSI wizards streamline consolidation. Enhanced status monitoring gives you at-a-glance alert status for multiple systems. And predictive monitoring uses historical data to help you estimate how soon you’ll fill filesystem capacity.
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Optimize your environment for specific workloads. Take the complexity out of provisioning with EMC Celerra Automated Volume Management software—which delivers one-click volume and filesystem configuration. You get one logical view of multiple filesystems for a clear picture of your entire environment. Benefit from transparent storage tiering, virtual provisioning, and enterprise consolidation—while reducing complexity and management.
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Advance your information lifecycle management (ILM) strategy with additional EMC solutions. Turn to EMC Smarts advanced network management solutions for real-time root cause analysis. Automate file movement to clients and applications with EMC Celerra FileMover, which delivers dynamic file mobility—quickly and transparently. And for compliance and governance requirements, EMC Centera FileArchiver brings you EMC Centera archive capabilities—including single-instance storage, transparent file archiving, and retrieval.
Compare price/performance vs. alternative offerings.
With the NS Series/Gateway, you get exceptional price/performance—including file access up to 4x faster than standard NAS—flexible configuration options, and exceptional ease-of-use. Both models support Fibre Channel and ATA drives, and provide extensive iSCSI support and iSCSI wizards. Choose the solution you need—and upgrade with ease.