Automotive product lifecycle management
Increase productivity, improve product quality, and shorten time to market with robust data management capabilities for product lifecycle management in the cloud.
Automotive companies have embraced product lifecycle management (PLM) software such as Siemens Teamcenter and Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform to streamline product management from design to production to purchase, across the value chain.
PLM solutions increase productivity, enhance collaboration, improve product quality, bolster creativity, and shorten time to market. However, these infrastructures can be expensive to operate and maintain.
Controlling data growth while reducing overall operating costs is challenging. In this highly competitive market, getting new innovations to market quickly is imperative, but traditional IT procurement cycles are long and create roadblocks in the race to market. To get past these roadblocks, many automotive companies are moving their mission-critical PLM solutions to the cloud to get the agility, innovative performance, and operational efficiency that only the cloud can offer.
Features and Benefits
The capabilities that set NetApp Solutions for Automotive PLM in the Cloud apart.
Easier said than done
Technical Challenges of PLM in the Cloud
- Data management. Control large volumes of data growth with the ability to seamlessly scale as needed.
- Performance. Deliver high throughput and low latency for fast data access, without compromising data protection and security.
- Data access. Enables users to access and share data around the world with customized governance and access policies for each stakeholder.
- Integration. Integrate with high-resolution workstations to empower CAD and CAE designers.
- Future-ready. Support next-generation application use cases, including development of digital twins in the cloud, VR, AR, and virtual discussion rooms.
Key NetApp benefits
Key NetApp benefits
- Reduce data footprint and overall data volume with advanced storage efficiency technologies
- Decrease cloud infrastructure spend
- Reduce time to operate and maintain the PLM infrastructure
- Access data across all locations and environments, on premises and in the cloud
NetApp solutions for PLM in the cloud
Data protection
Multiprotocol access
Enterprise-grade data management capabilities
Easy migration
Simplified management
NetApp solution components
NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP®
Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
Azure NetApp Files
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Technical Specifications
Exhaustive hardware and software metrics extracted directly from official documentation.
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Efficiency Savings Ratio4:1 efficiency savings by reducing overall data volume and consequently, costs; for example, you can go from 4PB to 1PB effectively stored.
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Tiering Savings5X potential savings by allocating 20% hot data and 80% cold data with tiering option.
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Public Cloud PlatformsMicrosoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud
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Multiprotocol AccessSMB, NFS, and more
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Supported PLM SoftwareSiemens Teamcenter, Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform
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Cloud GatewayConnects power users to the cloud environment
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PLM Availability Location AWeb-Tier, Enterprise-Tier, Database Server, NetApp Cloud Storage (Environment A1 and A2)
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PLM Availability Location BWeb-Tier, Enterprise-Tier, Database Server, NetApp Cloud Storage
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CAD License ServerIncluded in the PLM infrastructure
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Cloud TierIncluded in the PLM infrastructure
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Phone+1 877 263 8277
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Email
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Websitewww.netapp.com
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Document IDNA-802-0222
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Compare NetApp Solutions for Automotive PLM in the Cloud Series
Select the right scale for your workload demands.
| Model Name | Max Capacity | Port Config | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| NetApp Cloud Volumes ONTAP® | Enterprise-grade cloud storage for complex PLM installations | AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud | Get Quote |
| Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP | Integrated data storage platform with enterprise-grade capabilities | AWS | Get Quote |
| Azure NetApp Files | High-performance file storage service for mission-critical PLM applications | Microsoft Azure | Get Quote |
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