50% Virtualisation Guarantee* Program

Posted on 11/11/2008

Show Capito how much data you need to store in your virtual environment. We guarantee that you will use 50% less storage with us compared to a baseline of traditional storage. You'll enjoy better protection and more flexibility, and you'll use less storage.

How? NetApp offers unique storage efficiency technologies that provide much greater utilisation without compromise. To be eligible for the Program, you must follow the best practices implemented by NetApp® Professional Services and described in the following technical reports:

• Whitepaper: 50% Virtualization Guarantee Program Technical Guide (PDF)
• TR-3428: NetApp and VMware VI3 Storage Best Practices (PDF)
• TR-3505: Deduplication Implementation and Best Practices (PDF)

You must also use the following NetApp features:

• Thin provisioning
• Deduplication
• RAID-DP®
• NetApp Snapshot™

When you follow these simple requirements, you can expect your NetApp system array to meet your data capacity requirements. Otherwise, a Capito expert will validate your claim and initiate remediation. If you don’t use 50% less storage with NetApp (after our expert analysis), then we will provide the additional capacity to meet the shortfall at no additional charge. It’s that simple.

To see how your storage savings add up, try our partners, NetApp, storage efficiency calculator: www.secalc.com.

*For terms and conditions, go to netapp.com/guarantee