This technical blog presents an overview of the FlexPod® Datacenter platform, highlighting NetApp® ONTAP® 9.6 MetroCluster™ IP (Internet Protocol) features and capabilities. It also discusses an example FlexPod MetroCluster IP solution configuration that companies can adopt to create a flexible, scalable, and highly available converged infrastructure in which the MetroCluster storage clusters can be separated […]
As an IT architect who works on big data and cloud platform solutions, one common challenge is uploading files, especially files larger than 1TB. The problem becomes exasperated when there is no browser plug-in for a reliable and secure upload. We solved this problem inside NetApp IT by implementing a highly scalable, reliable, and […]
The world of video surveillance is undergoing a major transformation. The days of black-and-white monitors with poor resolution being viewed by half-awake security people is a thing of the past. Surveillance Is Getting Smarter Due to the rapid advances in camera technology, driven by the consumer cell phone market, the resolution of security cameras […]
This week on the podcast, we continue our quarterly security series with some updates about Insight 2019, what’s new in security since the summer and some in-depth discussion about NetApp ONTAP’s Secure Purge Feature. Featured in this week’s podcast: Juan Mojica, Senior Manager – Product Management Ankur Acharya, Product Manager Matt Trudewind, TME […]
Assembly and integration of off-the-shelf deep learning (DL) and machine learning (ML) compute, storage, networking, and software components can increase your system’s complexity and lengthen deployment times. As a result, your valuable data science resources are wasted on systems integration work. It’s difficult to achieve predictable and scalable artificial intelligence (AI) performance, and keeping a […]
Like an on-ramp to an expressway, the FlexPod® converged infrastructure solution from NetApp and Cisco is an on-ramp to the public cloud. FlexPod is already a converged infrastructure standard, but what connects FlexPod to the public cloud? A lesser known fact about the FlexPod standard is that it also integrates advanced cloud services (backup, […]
Data protection has always been considered a “necessary evil” of IT investment because it can be used only for one purpose: to protect your applications and data from imminent threats. The massive evolution in application development, big data analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), virtualization, containerization, and so on, has further increased the complexity of […]
At NetApp, providing our customers with simple ways to increase their security is a top priority. Our 25+ years of innovation across our portfolio includes new security features for our ONTAP data management software. This innovation was recently recognized at the most recent Flash Memory Summit in early-August. NetApp, along with Ontrack, a leader in […]
One of the most consequential IT projects you can undertake today is to digitally transform your approach to data centre management, developing a strategy that will enable your business to thrive in the new era of big data. But getting your digital transformation to succeed isn’t always easy. Not only do you need to know […]
In my previous blog post, I introduced NetApp® and BeeGFS solutions and the new NetApp support for BeeGFS. In this post, my goal is to provide a technical introduction to the core components and general concepts behind the parallel cluster file system BeeGFS. It’s difficult to predict the exact target audience, but I hope that […]
In today’s constantly connected global business environment, protecting your data from disasters (natural disasters, multiple disk failures, and man-made mishaps) and recovering applications instantly without data loss requires a cost-effective and reliable data protection strategy. IT demands are changing rapidly, requiring the rapid repurposing and reconfiguration of data centers. Using multiple new management tools is […]
Imagine the following scenario: You purchase a product that has been advertised as super-innovative, but once you start using it, you notice that the quality and functionality do not live up to expectations. Does this sound familiar? A situation like this can be annoying and frustrating in the consumer business, but it can cause great […]
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