FlexPod Solution Portfolio

FlexPod Express

Reduce costs and complexity by consolidating your IT infrastructure

As a small or medium-size business, you need cost-effective, easy-to-deploy solutions that consolidate your application and data requirements. NetApp and Cisco have teamed up to deliver FlexPod Express – a single, convenient, converged platform to manage your entire infrastructure.

• Reduced costs and complexity from consolidating IT resources
• Improved efficiency and system utilization through virtualization
• Simple management and operational processes
• Maximum application and storage efficiency
• FlexPod Express solutions for VMware vSphere and Windows Server Hyper-V

Easily manage IT resources and take full advantage of the benefits of virtualization

Consolidating and virtualizing your environment with FlexPod Express saves money, simplifies management, and enhances data protection using innovative systems you won't outgrow. This affordable solution lets you streamline your servers and storage to build a cost-effective IT infrastructure that reduces expenses, centralizes management, and automates operations.

The FlexPod Express solution leverages best-in-class components, including Cisco UCS C-Series servers, Cisco Nexus 3048 switches, and NetApp FAS entry-level storage. This lets you:

• Reduce the number of servers and the storage capacity needed for applications
• Gain operational efficiencies using virtualization, which allows your staff to manage more systems and storage in less time
• Standardize your environment to more easily predict budgets and support growth