single-tier architecture supports all kinds of storage in one environment and makes scaling easy
built-in thin-provisioning allows the acquisition and installation of additional capacity to bedelayed until needed.
innovative use of solid state disk drives offers excellent capacity-for-cost value while meetingenterprise performance standards
use of off-the-shelf components makes customized hardware unnecessary and makes itpossible to integrate state-of-the-art hardware assoon as it becomes available.