If you’ve ever taken a ride on high-speed rail around the world, you know it’s smooth, fast and comfortable. These systems use continuously welded rails and advanced rolling stock to deliver a better travel experience. As we turned to the next generation of VMware vSphere client software, we used this opportunity to smooth the […]
According to IDC’s Worldwide Global DataSphere Forecast, 2019–2023: Consumer Dependence on the Enterprise Widening, the amount of data that will be stored in the core data center is forecasted to double between 2014 to 2023. While organizations are planning capacity builds to accommodate this, let’s look at how to determine the right balance of […]
This week on the podcast, we bring in networking guru Richard Scheffenegger to discuss how networking performance over long distance WANs is crazy fast thanks to the implementation of CUBIC TCP in ONTAP 9.6. Dan Isaacs also joins us for a discussion with Richard about RDMA. We talk a bit about the following graphs […]
You’re probably familiar with the saying of “Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket.” The implication being that if you do use a single basket, you’re at risk of losing all of those precious eggs. This saying has many different applications depending on what aspect of life you’re talking about. When it comes […]
With the recent release of ONTAP 9.6, let’s continue exploring the benefits that ONTAP (see previous blog on Simplifying Data Management with ONTAP) and NetApp provide to our customers. In this post, I will describe how NetApp leads the way with end-to-end NVMe solutions based on ONTAP. Digital Transformation demands more Digital transformation looks different […]
In the results from last year’s 451 Research “Voice of the Enterprise” annual survey, the current enterprise IT infrastructure skills shortage was very apparent. In their survey, 82% of respondents rated the difficulty in recruiting for infrastructure-based roles as either “somewhat difficult” or “very difficult”. The reasons are varied but primarily it’s the simple lack […]
This week on the podcast, we talk about how FlexCache and Cloud Volumes ONTAP play together in ONTAP 9.6, as well as what use cases you might leverage for the feature. Featured in this podcast: Oren Inbar, PM Cloud Solutions Shriya Paramkusam, PM FlexCache/Flexgroups Chris Hurley, TME FlexCache/NAS For more information on FlexCache, […]
This week on the podcast, we deliver our quarterly security update – focusing on ONTAP 9.6 – with members of our security team. Featured in this podcast: Juan Mojica, Security PM Andrae Middleton, Security PM Dan Tulledge, Security TME Matt Trudewind, Security TME Read Dan Tulledge’s blog to learn how you can achieve a […]
This week on the podcast, we talk REST APIs in ONTAP 9.6 and how REST APIs will improve the overall ONTAP deployment experience. Featured in this podcast: B Yuvaraju, TME Anil Agarwal, Sr. Product Manager John deGraaf, Principal Engineer Ian Owen, Global Solutions Architect Check out this sneak preview blog on REST APIs. […]
NetApp® ONTAP® 9.6 adds support for an expanded RESTful API. In comparison to the ONTAPI® application, the ONTAP REST APIs offer a vastly simplified workflow-driven user experience, enabling you to perform multiple operations on a given storage object with a single API. RESTful APIs are the industry standard, and as enterprises are standardizing on RESTful […]
Large enterprises like banks and healthcare, retail, and manufacturing organizations need “always-on” application availability because any downtime to mission-critical data can have serious repercussions for the organization’s financial performance. NetApp® SnapMirror® Synchronous (SM-S), introduced in NetApp ONTAP® 9.5, provides volume granular and storage-efficient synchronous data replication that enterprises depend on for backup, disaster recovery, […]
This week on the podcast, Hardware TME Chris Lueth joins us to discuss the latest hardware that’s coming out with the new ONTAP 9.6 release, including the A320, NVMe shelves and new switches! Each week, the Tech ONTAP Podcast discusses all-things NetApp, interviews subject-matter experts, and provides insights into the storage industry. Follow the host on Twitter: Justin Parisi. […]
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