Designed to increase the scalability, reliability, and performance of global storage networks at an economical price, the NetApp F85 storage appliance serves as key building block for open storage networking environments.The NetApp F85 hardware platform is designed for remote or branch offices, workgroups, and small departments within an enterprise, as well as for medium-sized businesses. This allows customers to expand their deployment of robust storage networks or begin the important task of developing their storage infrastructures with powerful, scalable building blocks. The F85 combines fast data access and high availability with extremely low maintenance requirements, making it ideal for broad enterprise deployment and well suited for organizations with limited IT resources. The F85 moves NetApp solutions into the farthest reaches of the enterprise and enables customers to realize the benefits of open storage networking throughout their global IT infrastructures.