Behind the Scenes: Episode 63 – What is FabricPool?

Welcome to the Episode 63, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” This week, we invite NetApp Product Manager Arun Raman (pronounced like the noodles) on to discuss the new upcoming ONTAP feature that adds another thread to the Data Fabric - FabricPool! FabricPool was announced at NetApp …

Behind the Scenes: Episode 62 – ONTAP 9.1 Hardware Refresh

Welcome to the Episode 62, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” This week, we geek out on the new hardware announcements made at Insight 2016 in Las Vegas that coincide with the ONTAP 9.1 release. We chat with Flash TME Skip Shapiro and PM Mukesh Nigam, as …

vSphere 6.5: The NFS edition

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger2/6844/872038055815578/1600/panda%20riding%20a%20unicorn.png A while back, I wrote up a blog about the release of vSphere 6.0, with an NFS slant to it. Why? Because NFS! With VMworld 2016 Barcelona, vSphere 6.5 (where'd .1, .2, .3, .4 go?) has been announced, so I can discuss the NFS impact. If you'd like a more general look at the …

Behind the Scenes: Episode 61 – Security and Storage

Welcome to the Episode 61, part of the continuing series called “Behind the Scenes of the NetApp Tech ONTAP Podcast.” This week on the podcast, we discuss security in storage systems with the new security TME Andrae Middleton and NetApp A-Team member Jarett Kulm (@JK47theweapon) of High Availability, Inc. We cover security at rest, in-flight, methodologies, …

Behind the Scenes: Tech ONTAP Podcast Live!

During NetApp Insight 2016 in Las Vegas, Andrew and I had the opportunity to do a podcast live, onstage, during the Tech Team Forum. We invited one of the NetApp A-Team members, Glenn Dekhayser (@gdekhayser) of Red8, to talk DevOps. We had a short list of questions prior, but didn't rehearse anything until the day …

ONTAP 9.1 RC1 is now available!

For info about ONTAP 9.0, see: ONTAP 9 RC1 is now available! ONTAP 9.0 is now generally available (GA)! While many of the features of ONTAP 9.1 were announced at Insight 2016 in Las Vegas, the official release of the software wasn't scheduled until the first week of October, which was the week after the …

NetApp FlexGroup: An evolution of NAS

Check out how NetApp FlexGroup is making NAS great again!