The NetApp V-Series family, an evolution of the NetApp enterprise gFiler product line, is a network-based solution that virtualizes tiered, heterogeneous storage arrays, allowing you to leverage the dynamic virtualization capabilities delivered in Data ONTAP 7G software across your existing Fibre Channel SAN infrastructure to support an expanded set of business applications.Like all NetApp storage appliances, the V-Series product line is based on the industry-tested Data ONTAP microkernel operating system, which unifies block (FCP or iSCSI) and file (NAS) storage networking paradigms under a common architecture and provides a complete suite of NetApp advanced data management capabilities for consolidating, protecting, and recovering mission-critical data for enterprise applications and users.The NetApp V-Series product line offers the performance and capacity to meet access requirements for enterprises of all sizes. V-Series systems deliver industry-leading performance and terabytes of managed capacity. V-Series systems can be configured for simultaneous active/active access with secure failover across two independent systems in a cluster.