Deploying Microsoft SharePoint Server with NetApp Networked Storage

This paper focuses generally on optimal storage and storage management for SharePoint and specifically evaluates NetApp's approach, detailing how the capabilities in NetApp's DataONTAP and SnapManager for SharePoint Server offerings help to drive storage efficiency, reduce cost, and exclude complexity in a comprehensive SharePoint implementation. It is not so much a "how to" guide, but rather a "why to" explanation. While there have been some suggestions to use Direct Attached Storage (DAS) for SharePoint (and they certainly has some prima facia validity), there are also many reasons why a networked storage approach - such as NetApp's - is not only a fully adequate approach that is well-suited for SharePoint, but it is also one that offers distinct advantages in terms of additional data management value.