In 2010, FlexPod® began as an idea for combining the best of breed products from Cisco and NetApp to address certain applications and workloads in a converged infrastructure solution. Fast-forward to the present day, and FlexPod has evolved to serve over 9,500 cumulative customers and $12 billion in worldwide sales. In 2020, FlexPod celebrates its […]
The promise of artificial intelligence (AI) is greater in healthcare than in almost any other industry. From improving patient outcomes and care to expanding the reach of medical expertise and reducing costs, the potential benefits are huge. However, AI efforts in healthcare to date have barely scratched the surface of what will eventually be […]
One of the greatest challenges in a data center is balancing the two biggest expenses: power and capacity. Historically, as the two costs increased together, more racks of hardware and more power would be needed. Today, the relationship has changed as compute and storage capabilities increase and power consumption drops. At NetApp, we are […]
One important decision we made in the NetApp® Active IQ® Unified Manager 9.7 release was to combine Unified Manager and NetApp Service Level Manager (NSLM) into the same platform to deliver a simple but powerful active management and automation platform that means a better user experience for our customers and partners. As we roll […]
Simplicity is no longer a theme with NetApp® Active IQ® Unified Manager, it’s a continuous improvement cycle. A cycle that brings goodies for customers in all spheres with every release, whether it’s better NetApp ONTAP® management or simplified operational monitoring capabilities. The Active IQ Unified Manager 9.7 release announces several enhancements, exciting new features, and […]
Each release of ONTAP Select delivers new ways to leverage software-defined storage in environments with evolving needs. With the release of ONTAP Select 9.7, we are introducing support for Software RAID configurations backed by NVMe (nonvolatile memory express) drives. In this blog, I will highlight the host preparation steps that are unique to deploying ONTAP […]
The exabyte-scale data future is here. Complex new data pipelines from cutting-edge applications, machine-generated data, and IoT endpoints are all flowing into massive unstructured data repositories. NetApp built the network-attached storage (NAS) industry over 27 years ago and we’ve continued to innovate into this new era of scale-out NAS for unstructured file-based data management at […]
One of the most consequential IT projects you can undertake today is to digitally transform your approach to data center management. But a digital transformation can be tricky to pull off. Not only do you need to know where your current approach falls short, you also have to understand what it takes to adopt […]
When deploying a NetApp ONTAP Select cluster in a production environment, you can license the node storage by using the capacity tiers or capacity pools licensing model. In addition to the licensing model, you also need to select a license offering or capacity level. The license offering is independent of the licensing model and determines […]
One of the most consequential IT projects you can undertake today is to digitally transform your approach to data center management. But a digital transformation can be tricky to pull off. Not only do you need to know where your current approach falls short, you also have to understand what it takes to adopt […]
Did you know that In 2016, 88% of all ransomware was detected in the healthcare industry? That’s according to Solutionary’s Security Engineering Research Team (SERT) Quarterly Threat Report for Q2 2016. A separate 2017 Cylance Threat Report reveals that overall ransomware attacks grew threefold during 2017 as compared to 2016. Healthcare continued to […]
One of the most consequential IT projects you can undertake today is to digitally transform your approach to data center management. But a digital transformation can be tricky to pull off. Not only do you need to know where your current approach falls short, you also have to understand what it takes to adopt a […]
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