As routine business processes become increasingly data-dependent, companies are ramping up their storage infrastructures. But today's companies must weigh storage requirements against tightening budgets. Solutions must be cost-effective, scalable and accommodate a variety of storage requirements.IBM provides flexible business solutions that are designed to offer maximized price-to-performance ratios. IBM TotalStorage FAStT700 Storage Server is a full Fiber Channel, Storage Area Net work (SAN) solution designed to provide the necessary performance at the right price.The FAStT700 Storage Server is based on the latest 2Gb fiber technology. With the new FAStT EXP700, 2Gb HDDs and FAStT FC2-133 host bus adapter IBM delivers a complete end-to-end 2Gb fiber solution. This new technology allows large amounts of data to be consolidated for quicker, more efficient access and management.Buy what you need now, add more later. The FAStT700 is a scalable storage server designed to allow you to build on your initial investment. Simply upgrade, not replace as your needs increase. The FAStT700 scales from 36 GB to 32.8TB of storage using 16 FAStT EXP700 expansion enclosures. Each expansion enclosure supports up to 14 Fiber Channel disk drives. Moreover, you can select the appropriate RAID level (from RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, and 10) to match an application or suit particular needs, helping you to extend and lever-age investments now and in the future.High availability is critical in today's knowledge-based economy. The TotalStorage FAStT700 Storage Server is designed to support high availability, providing protection against component failures. Dual hot-swap RAID controllers help provide high throughput and redundancy, and each controller supports 1GB of battery-backed cache. Redundant fans, power supplies, and dynamic storage management further support high availability to help reduce the risk of costly downtime or the loss of valuable data.